hddennis Posted November 5 Report Posted November 5 Wife would like to know if you fellows could translate her latest antique store purchase. I apologize for not knowing proper orientation of signature. Please feel free to correct it. Howard Dennis 3 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted November 5 Report Posted November 5 Looks like a 270° signature in TENSHO script. Quote
hddennis Posted November 6 Author Report Posted November 6 SO, this can't be translated?? Howard Dennis Quote
ROKUJURO Posted November 6 Report Posted November 6 Yes, probably by one of our native speakers or an expert in late Japanese metalwork. 1 Quote
Matsunoki Posted November 6 Report Posted November 6 Workmanship looks like commercial Innoue to me and they sometimes used a simple gilt seal signature…..however I couldn’t find an exact match and I cannot recall ever seeing this exact seal. That studio might be an Avenue worth exploring on the net. 1 Quote
Matsunoki Posted November 8 Report Posted November 8 Brilliant and interesting. I’d never seen this mark on any of the many Nogawa pieces I’ve handled. Probably very early in their output. They progressed onto making some of the very finest hira zogan mixed metal items, even their “average” was well above most other studios. Nogawa and Inoue developed at roughly the same time and pace but Nogawa always had the edge in quality and artistic terms…..imo. 4 Quote
hddennis Posted November 8 Author Report Posted November 8 Once again Thank you all for putting in the time to research this piece for me and my wife to better understand this latest addition to our collection. Without your help they are just random oriental objects but now they have a whole new life to enjoy and pass on in the future. Howard Dennis 2 Quote
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