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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LauraGarnet02, post: 4258728, member: 20118&quot;]Calling [USER=18716]@Ce BCA[/USER] </p><p>I&#039;ve been waiting all day for someone else to chime in on this, but since no one more knowledgeable than I am has done so yet, I&#039;m going to offer some observations and speculations. </p><p><br /></p><p>The marks carved into the outside of the vase look like they might be some Oriental language like Chinese or Japanese or Korean or...? Whoever made it must have spent a very long time doing all that incised carving work.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape reminds me of ancient bronze Chinese tripod ceremonial vessels that I&#039;ve seen online.</p><p><br /></p><p>The red glaze on the inside might be what you&#039;d call oxblood or pigeon&#039;s blood.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think tricorn for the top of the vase and tripod for the bottom of the vase are good keywords.</p><p><br /></p><p>The maker&#039;s mark on the bottom might be the initials CW or an oriental symbol that I can&#039;t read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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