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Subject:seals
Posted By: david Tue, Jan 29, 2019 IP: 2607:fea8:1c1f:f90f: Any projected opinion on these 2 seals would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! David. |
Subject:Re: seals
Posted By: Peace Tue, Jan 29, 2019 Hi I believe these are Chinese. The left one says 馬 meaning "horse" and the right one says 狗 meaning "dog". |
Subject:Re: seals
Posted By: mikeoz Wed, Jan 30, 2019 Thy are Chinese and are from a set of twelve stones each with a carved representation of one of the 12 zodiac animals on its top, and the character for the animal on its side. |
Subject:Re: seals
Posted By: mikeoz Wed, Jan 30, 2019 The seal on the left does mean "fortune', but the seal on the right does not read 萬利 but 基利, which does not also mean fortune, but is more likely to be a phonetic rendering of a non-Chinese name - the sound Kili and is perhaps an attempt at a name like Kiri or Kelly. It can be very difficult to create all the sounds of Western names in Chinese. |
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