Susan

In addition to contacting Priscilla, Nev Ritchie (NZ)<[log in to unmask]>
may have some info as he did extensive work on Chinese in NZ several years
ago now.  I'm not aware of anything in the Australian literature and have
found nothing similar in North Queensland.

Gordon

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> From: Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:42:11 -0800
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: overseas Chinese peck marked vessels
>
> I bought some similarly marked tea bowls from an elderly Chinese antiques
> dealer.  He told me the items were kept in a public tea house, and were used
> by the vessel owner when visiting the tea house.  American men did the same
> thing with shaving mugs at barbershops.
> I suggest you contact Priscilla Wegars of the Asian American Comparative
> Collection at [log in to unmask] for further help.
> S. Walter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gina Michaels" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:36 AM
> Subject: overseas Chinese peck marked vessels
>
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am a graduate student at Stanford University currently
>> working with artifacts from the excavation of a 19th century overseas
>> Chinatown from San Jose California. In this collection there are
>> several porcelain bowls and plates that have Chinese characters pecked
>> into their surfaces, presumably by the people who owned the pieces. I
>> have not been able to locate any literature on these sorts of markings.
>> Is there anyone who has either studied overseas Chinese peck marked
>> vessels or knows of any reports done on the topic that would be willing
>> to give me some direction with my study?
>> Thank you,
>> Gina Michaels
>>
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