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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3055739, member: 12007"]Having had a good look at your lamp (which is very nice btw!) there are a few observations that come to mind ... first is of course that isn't a dragon but a <i>Shishi </i>or "lion dog".</p><p>The vase is hand decorated, very precisely with the enamels being <b>very </b>carefully applied, almost <i>too</i> (!) carefully for the age of the piece, which I'm almost sure is fairly contemporary with the mounts.</p><p>On first glance, I believed I was looking at a Chinese piece but after viewing the close-up photos, I see the very fine crackle in the clear glaze. Chinese pieces don't look like this, so I believe this is a Japanese piece decorated in the Chinese style.</p><p>To me, that would explain the rather uncharacteristic precision of the decoration given the era of it's production - which I believe to be first quarter of the 20thc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3055739, member: 12007"]Having had a good look at your lamp (which is very nice btw!) there are a few observations that come to mind ... first is of course that isn't a dragon but a [I]Shishi [/I]or "lion dog". The vase is hand decorated, very precisely with the enamels being [B]very [/B]carefully applied, almost [I]too[/I] (!) carefully for the age of the piece, which I'm almost sure is fairly contemporary with the mounts. On first glance, I believed I was looking at a Chinese piece but after viewing the close-up photos, I see the very fine crackle in the clear glaze. Chinese pieces don't look like this, so I believe this is a Japanese piece decorated in the Chinese style. To me, that would explain the rather uncharacteristic precision of the decoration given the era of it's production - which I believe to be first quarter of the 20thc.[/QUOTE]
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