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<p>[QUOTE="Alesia42, post: 4321157, member: 20541"]Hi!...This is part of todays Haul via an Estate sale......It a Meiping shaped vase....approx. 11 in ht x 6 in width at the widest point..it has a rustic appearance much like early american pottery....it does have a couple of cracks on the sides....I bought it because the shape reminds me of a Chinese Meiping vase that I have....and its also similar to some pics of older/earlier Chinese pottery in color design etc...except for the iridescent reddish/pinkish color that can be seen on top of the dark brown color at certain angles....I don't think that color would have been available in China a couple hundred years ago....so I'm leaning towards early American style....and there are a couple of marks on the foot that I cant quite make out....if someone can shed some light on this vase...that would be great.....[ATTACH=full]353320[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353322[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alesia42, post: 4321157, member: 20541"]Hi!...This is part of todays Haul via an Estate sale......It a Meiping shaped vase....approx. 11 in ht x 6 in width at the widest point..it has a rustic appearance much like early american pottery....it does have a couple of cracks on the sides....I bought it because the shape reminds me of a Chinese Meiping vase that I have....and its also similar to some pics of older/earlier Chinese pottery in color design etc...except for the iridescent reddish/pinkish color that can be seen on top of the dark brown color at certain angles....I don't think that color would have been available in China a couple hundred years ago....so I'm leaning towards early American style....and there are a couple of marks on the foot that I cant quite make out....if someone can shed some light on this vase...that would be great.....[ATTACH=full]353320[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353322[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]353327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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