rener Posted July 3, 2009 at 09:25 PM Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 at 09:25 PM I hope these are Chinese and if so, I hope I posted them right side up! Can anyone tell me what this says? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isela Posted July 4, 2009 at 03:30 AM Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 at 03:30 AM (edited) I'm a 26-yr-old native Chinese. And I have no idea what these are. My guess is that the first one is a variant from a real Chinese character (from maybe 斋?). Itself certainly is NOT a character. And the second one might be a real character written in the ancient way (like in 隶书, 大/小篆). Could it be "泉"? As these are my strong assumptions, don't bother with their meaning yet. Edited July 4, 2009 at 03:43 AM by isela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted July 4, 2009 at 06:14 AM Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 at 06:14 AM The first one might be two characters, like 必青. The second one is in cursive, and I can't read cursive. (There are probably a lot of 26-year-old Americans that don't know their ABC's. Don't adulate natives too quickly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy Posted July 4, 2009 at 08:44 PM Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 at 08:44 PM the 1st looks like a faux chinese mark place on european copies, maybe samson of paris or a german factory, the 2nd is from a piece of japanese porcelain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rener Posted July 5, 2009 at 02:01 PM Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 at 02:01 PM Thanks to all of you! I appreciate it very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rener Posted July 8, 2009 at 04:41 PM Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 at 04:41 PM I discovered that both marks are Japanese! Thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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