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Shiwan Ceramic Vase
« on: March 04, 2021, 09:12:30 pm »
Shiwan Ceramic Vase
 
4 3/4" tall Shiwan ceramic vase with glazes in moon white, eel skin yellow, light blue and the lion mask handles in brown.

For the front, the seal script character on the right represents roots and soil (breaking ground). The symbol to the left is "spring water flowing from a cave or from the mouth of a spring". The back side, I can not find a match for either character.

Lion mask handles on both sides with scrolling chrysanthemum on the front and back of the base.
 
Early 20th century.











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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2021, 05:01:54 pm »
Thanks to some people from other groups here are some translations for the archaic pictographs.

1) 大泉　Dà quán - Big Spring , 忠榮　Zhōng Róng - Faithful growing

2) Da Yuan 大源 - Big or Great Spring, Zhi and Rong 志榮 - aspiring to prosper

3) 大泉 [Da Quan] 'Large Coin', 志榮 [Zhi Rong] 'Ambitious (Ideal) Honor (Glory)'

So I have a real good overall idea of what the potter was trying to say. The most significant being the one for ""spring water flowing from a cave or from the mouth of a spring".
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