11-06-2012, 12:00 PM
Regarding that marking on the base. I saw it and thought it looked North East Asian. Then looked back in the thread and saw it was a Chinese chair. Anyway, the ideogram (京) means capital (as in city). This is pronounced "jing" in Chinese hence Beijing (north capital).
In Japanese, 京, is pronounced "kyo" as in Tokyo (east capital) and Kyoto (capital city and prefecture in its own right).
So now you know
. I suppose the chair must have been either made or traded in Peking at some point.
In Japanese, 京, is pronounced "kyo" as in Tokyo (east capital) and Kyoto (capital city and prefecture in its own right).
So now you know
. I suppose the chair must have been either made or traded in Peking at some point.
