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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 3776897, member: 18716"]These are Chinese versions of Japanese Sumida ware, it is sometimes call Poo ware (after a Chinese maker of this style). The vases are 20th century and the symbols are archaic Chinese, so it is a bit like someone in the uk putting Celtic runes on a pot and selling it in a Wicca shop. As such I wouldn't read too much into the historic symbology, and as you have identified it looks like there may even be some errors in how the potter formed some of the archaic symbols (just like we would make errors transcribing runes we know nothing about). In general the Chinese coin shapes would be for good luck, prosperity etc and have symbols for this, whereas this pottery has gone for archaic symbols instead. The vases are likely 1910-35 in period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 3776897, member: 18716"]These are Chinese versions of Japanese Sumida ware, it is sometimes call Poo ware (after a Chinese maker of this style). The vases are 20th century and the symbols are archaic Chinese, so it is a bit like someone in the uk putting Celtic runes on a pot and selling it in a Wicca shop. As such I wouldn't read too much into the historic symbology, and as you have identified it looks like there may even be some errors in how the potter formed some of the archaic symbols (just like we would make errors transcribing runes we know nothing about). In general the Chinese coin shapes would be for good luck, prosperity etc and have symbols for this, whereas this pottery has gone for archaic symbols instead. The vases are likely 1910-35 in period.[/QUOTE]
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