li3wei1 Posted April 8, 2013 at 08:41 AM Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 at 08:41 AM A friend brought me a small ceramic dish, rectangular and deep, like the lid to a butter dish turned upside down, if you know what I mean, and I'm ashamed to admit I can't recognise the calligraphy on the side of it. The third character looks like 有, and the first could be 鱼, but beyond that I'm stumped, and I can't find any 成语 with those characters in those places. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted April 8, 2013 at 11:49 AM Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 at 11:49 AM It seems to be written from right to left. If read that way, 花有清香 would be my best guess. I could be wrong though. But the handwriting is not very standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:02 PM Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:02 PM Seems to be a part of a poem, used on vases and the like. ie. Incidentally, does doing a Google image search on the phrase turn up a very inappropriate image for everyone, or is it based on my browsing habits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:06 PM Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:06 PM Well the first half of the first verse of the poem is 春宵一刻值千金... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:43 PM Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 at 12:43 PM Doh! Not only can I not recognise calligraphy, I can't even read it the right way around! Humility lesson for me. Even if I was looking the right way, I never would have got 香 for that squiggle on the left. Or 清 for that matter. Thanks, folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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