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Welcome to the Gotheborg.com Dictionary on Antique Chinese and Japanese pottery and porcelain terms and explanations.The field of Asian Ceramics collecting is a challenging one. Not the least due to the large number of terms of various origins, problem compounded by a variety of spellings and ...
Chopsticks, eating utensils, consisting of a pair of slender sticks held between the thumb and fingers of one hand, that predominate in much of East Asia and are used in conjunction with East Asian-style cuisine worldwide. Chopsticks of bamboo or wood or
Would have been made especially for Gumps Department store in the USA Japanese porcelain (and shape) but with a Chinese embroidered and tassled top cover This is so ‘of its time’ ! A metal tray with bakelite (?) jade coloured handles, relief metalwork and either semi precious stones or ...
Re: Chinese / Japanese Pottery. Jin Guang Shan «Reply #2 on:November 12, 2011, 05:57:38 pm » Thanks for the reply. I was hoping, but you know how things go as a novice. I had it appraised and you were partly right as far as it being an export item. Nothing too special....
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Macau, being a city with a rich history of trade and cultural exchange, has a history of porcelain production. However, it is not known to have been a significant industry in the area. Historically, Macau was known more for its trade of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, as well as other go...
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Zheng Chenggong was born in a small Japanese coastal town to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father,Zheng Zhilong, a maritime adventurer who made a fortune through trade andpiracyin theTaiwan Strait. Zheng Chenggong was raised by his mother inJapanuntil the age of seven, when his father, ...
undergarment for adult males, made from a length of cotton. Before World War II, the fundoshi was the main form of underwear for Japanese adult males. However it fell out of use quickly after the war with the introduction of new underwear to the Japanese market, such as briefs and boxer ...