Topic: Hand signed pieces

[nicole]

Hi there, there is nothing on the bottom of this piece, but I am wondering where these come from without the 'made in Nippon" or "made in Japan" marks. (That is if they are Japanese )

Would they have been done by hobbyists or maybe meant only for domestic sale?

And is it identifiable or needle in a haystack detective work?


Thank you so much!

[keith]

Hello and a happy new year, any chance of  a close up on the script, can't promise a translation but I'll try, it is pottery I presume ?

[nicole]

Happy New Year to you Keith   

Yes it is pottery Thanks so much for trying, here is another photo.

[keith]

Well I've looked and you've got me stumped with this, hand written (Painted) stuff is always difficult to translate, my Japanese is very basic and Chinese non-existant, you could try the 'Asian Art forum' lots of native speakers there, sorry,

[nicole]

Understandable, I can hardly read my own handwriting in my own language sometimes! Maybe I will try that site. Will let you know if I get an answer.

[keith]