posted on February 13, 2007 07:40:23 AM new
I realize that what I am asking will not have a specific answer but I wonder if there are some general guidelines. Ceramic figures that are marked "Japan" usually seem to me to date from the 1950s or earlier. Just about any figure marked "China" I either know or assume to be recent. My question is about ceramic figures marked "Taiwan". Is there a likely period when collectible ceramic figures were made in Taiwan. I am listing some figures that I know are not brand new since I have had them for some time but would like to give an estimate within a decade or two as to age. I am thinking 1970s/80s. Does that seem reasonable?
Thanks for any guidance.
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posted on February 13, 2007 08:22:24 AM new
Some figurines that were made in Japan were produced in the early 1960's but like everything else, Japanese stuff got to be too expensive ( wages and standard of living) so companies turned to Taiwan for ceramics - probably in the 70's which continued into the 1980's - early 90's also. From then on, China produced everything cheaper.
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posted on February 13, 2007 08:48:12 AM new
Thanks, That is the impression I had.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
