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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KylieS, post: 9434336, member: 22292&quot;]Thank you to everyone who has replied! This forum is the best!! I would have looked for ages and not found that totai shippo reference - it does seem quite rare, there isn&#039;t a lot online to compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did see these ones...some similarities but not much to be said about them.</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/166046878088?chn=ps&amp;mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/166046878088?chn=ps&amp;mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=28" rel="nofollow">19thC Japanese Totai Shippo Cloisonne Vase Lamp Base | eBay</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/asia-week/_japanese-meiji-cloisonne-egret-vase-bd4b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/asia-week/_japanese-meiji-cloisonne-egret-vase-bd4b" rel="nofollow">Vintage Japanese Taisho Totai-Shippo Cloisonné Vase Available For Immediate Sale At Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting (or not?) that Sotheby&#039;s note their one as being &#039;ceramic&#039; rather than porcelain or earthenware. I thought mine looks like the same material as that one, so was hoping to find the definitive answer there but no luck <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I got the piece out for another look after reading the comments - I am still a bit in the dark on the material used, it rings a little more lightly than I would expect from earthenware, although I suppose it might be just Japanese earthenware versus French faience that I&#039;m more used to handling. But I agree it doesn&#039;t exactly look like porcelain on the base, too gritty looking. I was just going on what the dealer told me he thought it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone please enlighten me regards something strange about the surface - it is very matt finish, but has small spots of shine which weirdly look like places where it&#039;s been knocked. It&#039;s a really odd effect. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also is there a resource which would summarise how this was done? Is it actually just a different technique of cloisonne? Or a whole different thing?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you again!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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