New Members andrew murray Posted February 27, 2017 at 12:30 AM New Members Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 at 12:30 AM Dear Forum I would be grateful if anybody could tell me what either of these texts says. They are found on an old silver tray and an old silver bucket. Thank you in advance. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigZaboon Posted February 27, 2017 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 at 02:31 PM The top two images are ancient Chinese (probably Shang dynasty) cell phones. The second image is reversed, but it is one of a number of stylized characters representing 'long life' and read 'shou4' in isolation. Japanese culture did not have cell phones during this period (probably due to exploding battery issues, as this problem also troubled contemporary Korean culture). Furthermore, Japanese culture did not use characters at that time. However, modern day Japanese culture uses the character in the second picture (reversed, of course), and it still means 'long life', and it is often read 'kotobuki' in isolation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 西风残照汉家陵 Posted February 28, 2017 at 03:21 AM New Members Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 at 03:21 AM The first four characters are 南典and 足银 from right to left,from top to bottom ，of course in traditional chinese character form the meaning of 足银 is that the weight of silver is qualified，you said it is an old sliver tray,so this tray maybe came from a pawnshop，南典means the name of a pawnshop The second is 寿 in Traditional Chinese characters,which means long life Chinese characters has many variant in history. PS. this kind of chatacter didn't exist in shang dynasty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigZaboon Posted February 28, 2017 at 10:42 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 at 10:42 AM I know, I know, nobody likes a wise guy. Especially one who sees perfectly good characters as if they're reversed. It's not like I have a reading problem, like dispepsia or anything... Anyway, even if they had had characters like the one in the second photo, there's no guarantee their cell phones would have been able to display characters in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members leemai Posted March 2, 2017 at 12:39 PM New Members Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 at 12:39 PM That is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members andrew murray Posted March 2, 2017 at 01:54 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 at 01:54 PM Thank you so much for your kind and helpful replies. All the best to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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