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Message:: [QUOTE="Francisco G Kempton, post: 4385270, member: 22714"]The red orchid on the first Vase is the late 19th Century Fukagawa from 1880 on, and the blue orchid on the small dish at the end was used in the 1880's, 1930's and 1940's. I would say it is 1930-1940; and then the bowl with the Mt fiji mark, the mt fiji mark has been used from the turn of the 20th century, and then spordaically in different forms and with diffferent accompanying symbols through the years to modern day. This is always the one that has to be scrutinised. In fact it is easier to determine age of the item by pattern and style along with the mark. The 'orchid' mark is the fukagawa- Koransha Factory and the 'Mt fiji' mark with the seiji script is the fukagawa-seiji factory.Koransha also used the Mt fiji mark. 19th century red orchid  Imari[ATTACH=full]368468[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368469[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368470[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368471[/ATTACH] this bowl possibly  Mid century to modern with the FUKAGAWA SEIJI Mark [ATTACH=full]368476[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368475[/ATTACH] Blue orchid possibly 1930-1940 [ATTACH=full]368477[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]368478[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]