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Subject:Brass smoking tray: Please trans. 4 characters
Posted By: paul Mon, Feb 23, 2015 IP: 98.176.254.186 Looks to me like an early-to-mid 20th C. Chinese brass smoking tray. I recognize the four auspicious beings: the butterfly, bat, deer, and crane. And I think I see the knot of eternity and longevity symbols. The scholar dude appears to be holding a tall ice-cream sundae, with straw. |
Subject:Re: Brass smoking tray: Please trans. 4 characters
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Feb 24, 2015 The characters read down as 己酉年刊 (Ji you nian kan), translatable as "Carved in the jiyou year". This is a cyclical date that probably equates to the year 1909 in the context of your brass tray, which has a traditional style of auspicious decoration. |
Subject:Re: Brass smoking tray: Please trans. 4 characters
Posted By: paul Wed, Feb 25, 2015 Thanks for that (Bill and rat). I'll go with 1909 rather than 1969 or 1849. |
Subject:Re: Brass smoking tray: Please trans. 4 characters
Posted By: rat Tue, Feb 24, 2015 "Made in 1909", or 1969 or 1849, etc (cyclical calendar). |
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