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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daniel 5, post: 260369, member: 5209&quot;]Hi i have a 12 inch tall satsuma vase. Its cobalt blue. It is marked at the bottom.</p><p>It has been repaired in a small place using gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>“golden joinery,” Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi, which means “golden repair”) is the centuries-old Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a special lacquer dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Beautiful seams of gold glint in the cracks of ceramic ware, giving a unique appearance to the pottery and the Japanese then believe it to be valuable as the pottery been broken and repaired adds to beauty&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is old. You can feel the ripples in the vase were he or she originally moulded the vase.</p><p>I have some marks at the bottom and by my understanding they are of a family name saying either, Oshibe, Osabe or Osube.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know most people with that name originate in the hyogo prefecture.</p><p><br /></p><p>The really interesting thing i have found out is that there is a pattern on the side of the vase. Turns out this isn&#039;t a pattern but a Japanese family crest. ( same as a coat of arms in Europe).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the crest/flower is &quot;gouri ni umbachi&quot; ( plum flower). But it could also be &quot;gouri ni kikyo&quot;( bell flower)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is made close to the kinki and kitakyusha areas but not sure what family uses this crest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help really appreciated. I will attach pictures in the next message.</p><p>Thanks in advance[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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