This jug looked valuable - Made in Greece,embossed in 24K Gold, hand made and is in excellent condition. Any ideas what period and value applies ? Many thanks for your help !
5 bears total: Winter flower fairy, Spring flower fairy, Summer flower fairy, Autumn flower fairy and a 5th season flower fairy.
All are in mint condition. Never taken out of box other than to see what they were when I was little. Never put on shelf. All come with a metal stand or wood based stand.
The piece is approx. 8 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The acorn shaped handle to the lid is guilded in gold and the is gold guilding along the rim of the lid. The urn itself has a colorful painting of blue bamboo shoots with the bamboo leaves and some white a pink flowers. All the of paint is trimmed with gold along a band of gold along the base. On the bottom of the urn are charaters of some Asian dialect (I'm guessing Japanese) There is also a sticker that has the letters "O" to the west, "M" to the north, and "O" to the east, with "Japan" in the south.
This is a colorful watercolor depicting a Rooster background is flowers and leafs it looks like it may be from the 1960s because of the bright colors. The piece is 24 x 24 and unframed in a protective cardboard tube, The signature appears to be Asian. oval in right lower corner with two lines inside the oval area and two half moons beteen the lines. Sorry unable to photograph I dont have a camera that gives this painting justice.
