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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 56212, member: 44"]The marks on the tripod legs of yours are identical to the marks on this Jue vessel:</p><p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jue_vessel_IMGP7951.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jue_vessel_IMGP7951.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jue_vessel_IMGP7951.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The marks may be Chinese characters, The top mark looks like the drawn bow and arrow that is the zhong character. If it is then it might say "<i>Zhongguo Zhi Zao</i> - China Made." See #267 under the "Zhongguo Zhi Zao, 中国制造 China Made" section. about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the way down the page:</p><p><a href="http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly I can't see the marks well enough to tell. They might also be some type of decoration. According to DanielD informative link about Jue vessels on Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>"As with other shapes, the surface may be decorated with taotie.<font size="5"><b>"</b></font> </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure what "taotie" is, but suspect it refers to the design around the body of the vessel rather then the marks on the legs??? I think "taotie" tends to be a face/mask decoration?? Anyways here's a link to Wikipedia's explanation of "taotie."</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also found that Chinese Bronze Dings - a cauldron, another Chinese Bronze ritual vessel, had "taotie" decorations on the body **and** were decorated with inscriptions. It doesn't say exactly where the inscriptions were on the dings. These inscriptions sometime ID the owner, their family history, poem, a story, or etc. Possibly the marks on the legs of your Jues maybe one of these inscriptions?? Here's what it says about the inscriptions. The last paragraph in the "Decoration" section:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_%28vessel%29#Decoration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_%28vessel%29#Decoration" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_(vessel)#Decoration</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 56212, member: 44"]The marks on the tripod legs of yours are identical to the marks on this Jue vessel: [URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jue_vessel_IMGP7951.jpg[/URL] The marks may be Chinese characters, The top mark looks like the drawn bow and arrow that is the zhong character. If it is then it might say "[I]Zhongguo Zhi Zao[/I] - China Made." See #267 under the "Zhongguo Zhi Zao, 中国制造 China Made" section. about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the way down the page: [URL]http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml[/URL] Honestly I can't see the marks well enough to tell. They might also be some type of decoration. According to DanielD informative link about Jue vessels on Wikipedia: "As with other shapes, the surface may be decorated with taotie.[SIZE=5][B]"[/B][/SIZE] I'm not sure what "taotie" is, but suspect it refers to the design around the body of the vessel rather then the marks on the legs??? I think "taotie" tends to be a face/mask decoration?? Anyways here's a link to Wikipedia's explanation of "taotie." [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie[/URL] I also found that Chinese Bronze Dings - a cauldron, another Chinese Bronze ritual vessel, had "taotie" decorations on the body **and** were decorated with inscriptions. It doesn't say exactly where the inscriptions were on the dings. These inscriptions sometime ID the owner, their family history, poem, a story, or etc. Possibly the marks on the legs of your Jues maybe one of these inscriptions?? Here's what it says about the inscriptions. The last paragraph in the "Decoration" section: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_%28vessel%29#Decoration[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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