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Seal Script on a Tea Caddy


InkyPaws

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Hiya people.

 

I was given this by my grandfather many years ago. Last year when I started to look into restoring it I discovered that it was seal script. The first character is dual/many but the second one is throwing up nothing in translation pages or with Chinese speakers I asked. Can anyone help?

 

 

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It is 弎多, ie 三多 (read from right to left). It means three abundances. It usually means lots of fortune, lots of years (longevity), lots of sons (多福、多壽、多男子). It can mean abundances of other things in other contexts. It is also a place name in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Ref -

http://www.gg-art.com/imgbook/view.php?word=%8Fq&bookid=53&book_name=%CB%B5%CE%C4%BD%E2%D7%D6%D7%A2

http://xh.5156edu.com/hzyb/a9959b90315c99239d.html

http://cidian.xpcha.com/90366ei8s11.html

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