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Antique Porcelain Urn Nippon Hand Painted

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By bayoubeast, 10 December, 2014
Description

My wife and I inherited her mothers collection.  This Urn(not sure what to call it) is 7" tall and about 5 1/2" wide.  We dont know anything about this kind of stuff.  I noticed a tiny chip on the top but the rest looks near perfect to me.  I added a few more pictures and some up close.  Any help will be greatly appriciated!  Age, value, etc.. 

Category
Ceramics and Porcelains
Medium
Porcelain
Distinguishing marks
Nippon-Hand Painted
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
7"h x 5 1/2"w
Date Period
??
History
Wifes mom collected porcelain and china nearly her whole life. She died last year at 93 so know most of her collection has to be pretty old.
For Sale?
Yes
Photos

Christmas.Spirit

10 years 7 months ago

Re: Antique Porcelain Urn Nippon Hand Painted

Its hard for me to tell from only two pictures and no close ups but from what Ive seen Nippon in Blue with the letter M centered  is one of the most coppied pieces because of how long ago this period was. Nippon is the Japanese  word for Japan. In the early 1900s USA made it so all countries had to mark their pieces with their English Marking. However there are many exceptions to this it wasnt really inforced and a genuine Nippon piece can go for a good amount. This is a gorgous decorative vase or urn and I would definately suggest putting up more pictures. Im by no means an expert  but I have done alot of research. I have seen several piece with simular markings. Taking a look to see if you see any signs of age like crazing, small cracks or lines. Look at it with a magnifying glass, Does it have any small pits with different amounts of dirt inside each on and differnt shapes as well, or ruff spots. Reproductions can be made to look old but true age is harder to fake. If the surface cracks or slight scrapes are going in the same direction or the bottom rip is very smooth no wear marks that can sometime indicate a reproduction. But like I said There are also those kept in excellent condition and it could be a genuine valued Nippon piece, that would be worth appraising but I don't know for sure. The bottom mark does appear to match others Ive seen. I wish you well . I hope I have helped you. 

 

 

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