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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.

I'd like to know what the four written characters at the far left mean.

Thanks.





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.

Best regards,

Bill H.

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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.

I should have mentioned that it is 6" x 8.5" and quite heavy for its size (371gm). No writing or marks on the back. And it's been polished.

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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