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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: bubbles on March 21, 2008, 12:08:17 PM
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When I first saw these vases I immediately thought Murano because of the bright colours. However I had since been almost persuaded that they were probably Chinese. Imagine my surprise when I found this one complete with label. Now I know that labels can be moved but as this particular vase has a flaw, I'm thinking that it lay forgotten at the back of a shop or that it was never used, hence the label survived. I welcome your thoughts.
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Sadly, my thought is that those labels can be bought by the sheet and stuck on Chinese glass (and often are, by unscrupulous dealers, I'm afraid >:( )
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Ni Hao it is as Chinese as it gets.
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That's OK, I really, really don't care who made it, I get all my fun just from trying to identify them! I did have my doubts, that why I posted it here. I am amazed that anyone took the trouble to stick one on an item like that though, unless of course they saw me coming! ;)
Ivo, please forgive my ignorance but what do you mean by Ni Hao?
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Ivo means 你(nǐ)好(hǎo), (literal translation 'You Good') a typical Chinese greeting and used much as 'hello' would be in English. Variants are 您(nín)好(hǎo) (more formal) and 你(nǐ)好(hǎo)吗(ma)？(how are you?).
From the early 80s, these types of vases became available to Chinese domestic consumers (though they were probably produced for export in the preceding decade) and are not an uncommon sight in the antique and flea markets in Shanghai.
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Thanks for clarifying that Steven. Perhaps I'll put that they are Chinese on my site now, I'm always nervous about stating something that I haven't proved beyond my considerable doubt. If anyone has any more sources of information I can use I would be very grateful.
Thanks all,
Fun this isn't it? ;D