🔎 UNIDENTIFIED need help from Chinese members on this item inscription, age, purpose and/or value. 6" tall 3 1/2" wide.

[port ewen ace]

 

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Doesn't look like Chinese...

 

[Squirrel322]

I believe you have a bronze Japanese bud vase. We’ve discussed these previously.

Is this really old or repro with modern patina?

Not a dug item but picked this up at a garage sale. Is this modern applied patina or is it possibly very old? Not my specialty...

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I’m not sure of the exact name of for this type of finish.

 

[EKG]

https://www.invaluable.com/v2/auction-lot/a-fine-large-japanese-bronze-shakudu-vase-392-c-5e34980878

Vintage Japanese Bronze Verdigris Oxidized Patinated Bud Vase - Etsy in 2023 | Bud vases, Japanese bronze, Vintage japanese

Mar 30, 2023 - This Vases item is sold by LionandLambVintage. Ships from Palo Alto, CA. Listed on Mar 29, 2023

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[Red-Coat]

Cool-looking bronze bottle vase.

The marks are for the Qing Dynasty Emperor Quianlong, who ruled China between 1735-1796 and then a further three years as Emperor emeritus following his abdication (out of respect, to avoid reigning longer than his grandfather’s 61 years as Emperor).

Below is the correct orientation for the marks, and the characters are then read top to bottom and right to left. Although the marks on bronzes especially are highly stylised as is the case here, I read them as “? ? Zhi Quian Long”, as per the reference chart I’ve shown alongside.

The first character I don’t recognise but will likely be a town/workshop/maker mark since the second character “Zhi” means “make” (in the sense of indicating where or by who it was made).

One thing to note about bronzes like this is that the marks are often not contemporary with the work itself. Traditional styles were copied in later times and it was common practice for the marks to be copied as well since they were deemed to be an integral part of the artistry. Perhaps in this case, the marks might genuinely be from the 1700s but it would need an expert to tell.

 

[EKG]

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[port ewen ace]

Cool-looking bronze bottle vase.

The marks are for the Qing Dynasty Emperor Quianlong, who ruled China between 1735-1796 and then a further three years as Emperor emeritus following his abdication (out of respect, to avoid reigning longer than his grandfather’s 61 years as Emperor).

Below is the correct orientation for the marks, and the characters are then read top to bottom and right to left. Although the marks on bronzes especially are highly stylised as is the case here, I read them as “? ? Zhi Quian Long”, as per the reference chart I’ve shown alongside.

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The first character I don’t recognise but will likely be a town/workshop/maker mark since the second character “Zhi” means “make” (in the sense of indicating where or by who it was made).

One thing to note about bronzes like this is that the marks are often not contemporary with the work itself. Traditional styles were copied in later times and it was common practice for the marks to be copied as well since they were deemed to be an integral part of the artistry. Perhaps in this case, the marks might genuinely be from the 1700s but it would need an expert to tell.

SOOOOOOO MANY THANKS, Red Coat..... you are STILL one of the best on TNET for historic info.

 

[Red-Coat]

SOOOOOOO MANY THANKS, Red Coat..... you are STILL one of the best on TNET for historic info.

Thank you, and you're welcome.

Regarding that fleabay listing provided by @EKG, I think that's an unrealistic price being opportunistically dangled by the seller. It hasn't attracted any offers. He/she lists it as "Quianlong" and "18th-19th Century", but it can't be both. The Qing dynasty in toto goes all the way through to 1912, but Quianlong died in 1799.

The vase is remarkably similar to yours, but my gut feel is that both are 19th Century copies of earlier Quianlong pieces.

[Just one other thing. Not that I care a jot about the points accumulated for "likes" but just so's you know, if you hit the "wow!" icon, the forum software treats that as a negative comment of disbelief and actually deducts one point from the "likes" total. I don't know the logic for that, but I think most folks don't realise.]

 

[Yang Hao]

Just to add to what Red Coat mentioned the character is 年 nian which means year. I've included a couple of similar script style images.

 

[ARC]

Take a flashlight and look inside... bet it has signs of burning material... possibly ash ?
This is not a "bud vase".

 

[Doubter in MD]

Well if it's a Bud Light vase, I'm boycotting it!

Cool, though. Thanks for sharing it.