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All of this is new to me.
All of this is new to me. Thanks for sharing!
The shape and the motif are simply wonderful. The piece does not have the cheap look of a lot of early Japanese china. In fact, it looks very refined.
It is of nice quality...
Many of the Norleans decorations are well done for traditional patterns and feature very liberal use of gilding--not really cheap at all. I wonder since this was one of the first Japanese porcelain lines imported after the war if the company intentionally tried to show the product to be different than cheaper pre-war production. Perhaps they hired a well known designer and used finishes that were quite nice to show that Japanese china could compete with the luxury found in European and American lines.
Wow, this is nice. I've
Wow, this is nice. I've never seen it before either. Thanks for sharing the picture.