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Subject:help identifying mark on a ming sculpture
Posted By: Patrick Thu, Feb 09, 2012 IP: 141.134.244.52
does anyone recognise these markings ?
They told me it is 16th century .

Thanks,
Pat







Subject:Re: help identifying mark on a ming sculpture
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Read right to left, the two characters simply say 'Da Ming' (Great Ming). This doesn't necessarily mean you have a Ming-period object.

Best regards,

Bill H.

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