B. Smith Posted December 8, 2014 at 11:41 PM Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 at 11:41 PM Hello & thank you for looking.I was wondering if anyone could translate the characters & the signature of this silk painting I recently purchased.Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamille Posted December 9, 2014 at 03:19 AM Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 at 03:19 AM 秋枫: Autumn maple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Smith Posted December 9, 2014 at 02:33 PM Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 at 02:33 PM Thank you so much!Do you happen to know the name of the artist by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamille Posted December 9, 2014 at 04:23 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 at 04:23 PM Couldn't find it. It's just not on google (or very well hidden). Chances are that this painting is from the 20th Century though: the text is written in simplified script (that's not a 100% reliable proof but it can give you an idea). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiana Posted December 9, 2014 at 07:30 PM Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 at 07:30 PM The name of the artist should be in the seal just below 秋枫. The problem is we need someone who can read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamille Posted December 10, 2014 at 02:30 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 02:30 AM There only seems to be one character in the seal, composed on the left of 萼 and on the right of 月 but there is no indication of such a character anywhere that I could check (or it's very well hidden). It might be two characters written too close to each other then. 萼月 seems to be an existing combination: I found 红萼月见草 on google. It's a plant and its latin name is Oenothera erythrosepala Borb. Might be a pseudonym... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted December 10, 2014 at 08:38 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 08:38 AM That is 月華. Ref - http://www.zdic.net/z/22/zy/83EF.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamille Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:14 PM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:14 PM Well done! It's true that I wasn't very sure about how the [口*口] part could have been written in such a way, but 萼 was still the only character I could think of. I would never have thought that 華 could be written that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:29 PM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:29 PM When trying to find seal character variants online, the GG-Art site is very good. They've got over 400 seals with 华, for example. Just remember to search with simple not traditional forms. http://www.iguci.cn/seal/word.php?c=%E5%8D%8E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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