Introducing myself, Skans...

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  1. Skans

    Skans New Member

    My mother was an avid antique collector and also a dealer who had a brick and mortar store for many decades. After her passing, I inherited a number of her collections. While Mom tried to teach me all that she knew about her collections through out the years, I only picked up on about 30% of the information she tried to pass along. So, now I am on a bit of a quest to fill in some of my knowledge gaps.

    I tend to know a fair bit about Japanese Cloisonne (1800's - 1950) and the various styles/artisans. Not quite as much about antique Chinese Cloisonne (pre-1900's). I generally prefer Japanese Cloisonne, particularly from the "golden age". I have even added to my Mom's collection over the years, hopefully enhancing it a bit. I can certainly appreciate some of the really nice older pieces of Chinese Cloisonne as well, and have a few examples. However, it is much more difficult to find really fine examples of 150-300+ year old Chinese Cloisonne that I can afford.

    Would be interested in hearing from others who are knowledgeable in this area!

    Oh, I am linking to a cloisonne bowel I posted photos of - anyone know anything about it??? https://www.antiquers.com/conversations/chinese-cloisonne-bowl-circa-1870.34076/
     
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Hello, Skans! Thank you so much for joining us. You'll find lots of knowledgable people here.

    Debora
     
  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Welcome Skans. Sounds like you had a very good teacher.
    The link doesn't work. Looks like it was posted in a private conversation, which means only the person you included can see it.

    Also, autocorrect decided to play a trick on you, bowel instead of bowl.;) You can still edit your post by clicking on 'edit' in the line below your post.

    It is best to start a new thread for your bowel/bowl. Preferably the latter.:)
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Welcome! If you haven't looked up the way, holy old school, this board allows us to post photos, it's going to help.
     
  5. crowleys

    crowleys Well-Known Member

    Welcome, Skans. I, too, learned about antiques from my now 84 year old mom (and she and I both learned from my grandparents) and have tried for the past decades to learn more.
     
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    all_fakes Well-Known Member

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    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

  8. Skans

    Skans New Member

    LOL!!! Nice of the autocorrect to pick the wrong word! Thanks for mentioning. Yes, I think I posted this is a private conversation. The format of this particular forum is new to me, so I will try to re-post. Thanks.
     
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  9. Skans

    Skans New Member

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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Nice piece, Skans. It is Republic of China Era imo, so 1912-1949.
    The central animal looks like a qilin, one of many mythical animals, just like the dragons around the edge. Four dragons could stand for the four directions, but I am not 100% certain.
    Autocorrect can be very persistent.;)
     
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