Everytime "Antiques Road Show" comes on PBS on Saturday night, Kathleen invariably says "I will have to bring my vase in."
This will never happen, of course, so we are appealing to anyone with any knowledge whatsoever to help break this cycle -- which is as old as the popular PBS show.Kathleen bought the vase somewhere (she is not sure - garage sale, Goodwill?) before we were married (Stan has no claim). She has never seen anything like it. It is china (you can see through it) and is painted with grapes on it and then overlaid with birds. There is no legible maker's mark anywhere that we can see, but there is a red seal with golden markings on the bottom (see below) that doesn't have any lettering that we can distinguish, even with a magnifying glass to assist out aging eyes.
Kathleen is sure it is Asian. Not sure why. She's searched the internet and hasn't come up with anything yet.Anything anyone knows about this would be quite useful, if nothing less that putting the matter to rest.
Thank you.
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| This is a closeup of the mark on the base. Looks like a red glob of wax with gold embedded in it. |
