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The Japanese chose their word Nippon for the country of origin mark. Then in 1921 our government asked the word to be changed to Japan. So, your vase was made between 1900 and 1920.

In her instructive book, "Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain" ($29.95, Collector Books), Joan Van Patten writes that the ceramics were made in Japan from 1891 to 1921.

Your vase is Japanese and it dates from the first quarter of the 20th century, and it is part of a group of Japanese ceramics that are referred to as hand-painted Nippon.

However, some items marked Nippon seems less skillfully painted, and these are modern reproductions. Between the 1970s and 1990s, a great number of fakes were produced in China, even aping the ...