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Subject:Help please with Japanese signatures
Posted By: Jack Fri, Jun 30, 2017 IP: 2600:1004:b144:d647:

Help please with Japanese signatures on two beautiful lacquered pieces. One is wood, the other is layered lacquer . Both are incense or ink boxes. Thank you





Subject:Re: Help please with Japanese signatures
Posted By: I. Nagy Sun, Aug 20, 2017

Reading of the upper characters,
香美     Kami, Yoshimi or Kagami (Japanese)
Xiang Mei (Chinese)
Meaning: Flagrant beauty
Lower character:
哲      Tetsu (Japanese)
       Zhe (Chinese)
       Meaning, Wise (Mans name)
With regards,


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