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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    Yea, who knows what you might find: https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/en_US/web/ma/collection08a.html
    Post by: escmode, Aug 17, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    Very true... I'm new to this so it's all about learning! My issue is retaining the info, although I've put together a word document for this one....
    Post by: escmode, Aug 17, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    Having done more research, I think my two are the taoist HeHe Twins / Immortals, seen in the example below: [IMG]...
    Post by: escmode, Aug 16, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    Depends on the definition of musty I guess :) I know what clay smells like, and they smell like old clay... but not musty like my grandma's...
    Post by: escmode, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    on my base photo's i did increase the brightness drastically to get a better look into the holes - so they're not that light.
    Post by: escmode, Aug 11, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    Honestly, I'd be happy with it being a Qing 'homage' piece. Although I still think it compares favourably with the auction example linked to in my...
    Post by: escmode, Aug 11, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    It's very hard to see as the spots are so small. Could it be sand that has glassified during the firing process - reaffirming it was created with...
    Post by: escmode, Aug 11, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

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    Post by: escmode, Aug 11, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Possible Ming Sancai?

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was hoping for any info about this battered pair. I've recently learned that it...
    Thread by: escmode, Aug 11, 2019, 29 replies, in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Anyone for Tea? (chinese tea set dating)

    Thanks Silver Wolf. I did some more digging myself and got some great info from a Japanese guy on a FB group. The makers mark on the bottom...
    Post by: escmode, Aug 3, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Anyone for Tea? (chinese tea set dating)

    I'm continuing to try and decipher the characters... #1. first off, am I looking at 3 characters or 4? #2. Is the first character 'Made' ? #3....
    Post by: escmode, Jul 18, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Anyone for Tea? (chinese tea set dating)

    What points to the 1920s/30s? Is it because there was a boom in production during that period, so statistically speaking it's more likely to come...
    Post by: escmode, Jul 17, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Anyone for Tea? (chinese tea set dating)

    Hey Guys... marks below. Before taking these photos I thought the mark was actually a worn sticker, turns out it's painted and the gold characters...
    Post by: escmode, Jul 15, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Anyone for Tea? (chinese tea set dating)

    I'm on my way home now, so will get a better shot of the label. Initially I thought Japanese, honest I did..lol, right up until posting this...
    Post by: escmode, Jul 15, 2019 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain