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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;&#039;Nuff_Said, post: 9533, member: 181&quot;]These I call.......&quot;picking the pickers&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two are internet buys, misidentified and/or unresearched by the sellers. The last was a &quot;busman&#039;s holiday&quot; buy from an antique&#039;s mall. This too was mis-ID&#039;ed and/or not thoroughly researched by the owners of the mall who said they&#039;ve been in the trade for 40+ years and are &quot;certified appraisers&quot;. They had it ID&#039;ed as 19th C. Chinese, but it&#039;s not. After a bit of negotiation, we were able to purchase it for about 60% of their original asking price. The image is from my iPhone as I seen it sitting within the mall.</p><p><br /></p><p>19th C. Chinese carved ivory dragon vase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Late-Meiji or early-Taisho Period Japanese mixed materials (woven bamboo, rattan, bronze, copper, lacquer and gilt) small ikebana vase with applied grape vines and insects.</p><p><br /></p><p>19th C. Japanese vase in a <i>&quot;Chinese-style&quot;</i> by master and most noted potter of the Meiji Period: <b><i>&#039;Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan (Japan, 1842 - 1916)&#039;</i></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2211[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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