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Subject:Signature Help Chinese
Posted By: Gigi Sun, Mar 09, 2014 IP: 98.200.122.37
Hi can someone please help me with the signature and possibly age of this calligraphy?
Thank you!

Subject:Re: Signature Help Chinese
Posted By: Gigi Mon, Mar 10, 2014
oops for some reason pictures did not go through





Subject:Re: Signature Help Chinese
Posted By: Super Tue, Mar 18, 2014
Is there any significant reason that you want to find out more about this calligraphy except its monetary value? Please understand that in order to do a decent translation job it will take quite a few hours' time and if you really want to find out about what it says because of sentimental value, you should really consider paying somebody to do so. No pun intended.

Subject:Re: Signature Help Chinese
Posted By: Gigi Wed, Mar 19, 2014
Thank you for your reply! I have done a ton of research trying to just find out who it is by. I did have it looked at by an auction house already so they did give me a value but they didn't say anything about who it might be by. The people I bought it from were Taiwanese and said they thought the signature was something like "Huang Zhu" but they said it was hard to translate the last name into English. I looked up all of the signatures of known calligraphers who had names that sounded similar to that but, none of the seals matched. I really wanted to try to figure out who had done this. I do buy and sell Chinese and Japanese antiques but, not only to make money- I am fascinated by Chinese history and the culture and all of the ancient arts. I started out just dealing in antiques in general but kept being drawn to mostly Chinese antiques and now that is pretty much all I see when I go out. I find Chinese art to be extremely beautiful-even the writing is art! I love the paintings, the carved jades and woods and ivories-I so much enjoy looking at them and holding them and wondering about them..I don't know what it is-maybe the thousands of years of history echoed in each piece-I really truly want to know as much as I can about each item that passes through my hands-I see them all as lessons-I learn so much from every object I find-I do as much research as I can possibly do on my own-researching and learning are my favorite parts of the whole process. And, I don't want anyone to go out of their way to help me-I just know that a lot of people who are as passionate as I am about these things -they enjoy sharing and this might be a fun mystery for them too! ;) Thank you for your time and expertise!

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