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<p>[QUOTE="Borg, post: 427404, member: 9082"]Well for those of you who are interested - I reached out to a friend of mine in Japan who was able to shed a little more light on the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's definitely Japanese. Looks like the top right Kanji character is "Hikari" meaning "light" or "shine" and the bottom left character is "Yama" meaning "mountain". Hikariyama is a last name and possibly the name of the kiln where the piece was produced. The way the base of the piece is formed, glazing, etc ...I would guess it to be 90+ years old, Showa period."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Borg, post: 427404, member: 9082"]Well for those of you who are interested - I reached out to a friend of mine in Japan who was able to shed a little more light on the piece. "It's definitely Japanese. Looks like the top right Kanji character is "Hikari" meaning "light" or "shine" and the bottom left character is "Yama" meaning "mountain". Hikariyama is a last name and possibly the name of the kiln where the piece was produced. The way the base of the piece is formed, glazing, etc ...I would guess it to be 90+ years old, Showa period."[/QUOTE]
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