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Japanese? Chinese?

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:04 am
by pininy

Re: Japanese? Chinese?

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:52 am
by davidross
The characters are (literally, "obedient and gentle"), most likely the master's name and Chinese rather than Japanese.

There appears to be a second hallmark (probably that of a retail shop), opposite the master's mark on the inner far side of the ring on the handle. Please post an image of this second mark.

Without either a retailer's mark or at the very least a silver standard mark, it is difficult to say much about the cup holder, even to positively determine its country of origin, which I would guess is China.

Regards

David R