Fencai Hat Stand

[kardinalisimo]

Any help with the age? I guess no chance to guess the mark on the bottom?
I don't know if I got the text right but if I did, I don't understand it
???? ?

Thanks

[carlyoung]

Looks 1900-1920 to me

somewhere in the republic timeframe

[peterp]

????

Probably republic period. That it was converted to a vase might explain why the characters are in such good shape. No one touches lamps in that place.

[kardinalisimo]

It was a lamp but I took it apart.
Thanks for the correct order of the characters. Searching with ???? brings a lot of results of porcelain bearing the inscription. What exactly is the phrase supposed to mean? Something from an old novel?

[kardinalisimo]

Ok, I got it. The peony symbolism.
"May you be wealthy and prestigious with the top official rank".
Right?

[peterp]

Probably.