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<p>[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4503658, member: 20118"]Those arc designs are on all kinds of Japanese pottery. So I'm assuming this bowl is in the Japonisme category, from the era when that was all the rage in Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once found a website that described all the Japanese symbols. For instance I always thought that the common hexagon patterns were honeycomb, but found out it symbolizes tortoise shell. I've forgotten what the arc symbols mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those flowers have to be spider mums.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394423[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394424[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4503658, member: 20118"]Those arc designs are on all kinds of Japanese pottery. So I'm assuming this bowl is in the Japonisme category, from the era when that was all the rage in Europe. I once found a website that described all the Japanese symbols. For instance I always thought that the common hexagon patterns were honeycomb, but found out it symbolizes tortoise shell. I've forgotten what the arc symbols mean. Those flowers have to be spider mums. [ATTACH=full]394422[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394423[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]394424[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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