Japanese Porcelain Mark - Can Anyone Translate This Please?

by Bridget
(Greenville, NC United States)

Japanese Porcelain Mark - Can Anyone Translate This Please?:- Hi, I recently purchased this beautiful piece at a local estate auction, but cannot seem to identify the mark. I have spent several hours trying to find enough information to translate the characters, but have been unsuccessful. I think that it may be a Nippon piece because of the extensive moriage/gilt work, but again, I am not sure. It measures about 7" tall with the lid, almost 3" deep, and about 8 1/2" wide(from handle across). The actual mark is light blue, but I edited it and made it darker thinking it may be easier to read. If you can translate/id this for me, I would be forever grateful!

Sincerely,

Bridget

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Japanese Porcelain Mark - Can Anyone Translate This Please?

The forum Help Elf says:-

Hi Bridget

No one within the in-house team can read Japanese, sorry, but occasionally we get a passing helpful Japanese person who takes the time to drop by and translate as few queries, so you might get lucky.

We are all enthusiasts, not professional appraisers. There are professional Japanese/Chinese apprasiers online, but their charges are about $20 dollars for the privilege!

Have you checked the Gotheborg.com site - They have sections for both Japanese and Chinese marks. Could you please go there, have a look through and report back please.

For general free advice on how to research your collection, Peter wrote this page:

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H.E.