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Adomas

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Hello,

 

It is an image of the bottom side of the golden coated silver cup stored in a one church in Lithuania. It is the first such finding in Lithuania.

I was able to read the first line as jing, pinyin (capital Pekin), the intermediate characters are tang, zhu, tian (church, owner, God). However, I have difficulties in translating the bottom line two characters. The character on the left seems to be jie (no English translation provided). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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This was found in Lithuania? Do you have any other details about the church or any potential ties to China?

 

The text reads from right to left on this one:

 

北京

天主堂

製造

 

Made by the Catholic Church of Beijing.

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Thanks for the help. Actually, there are no direct ties with China. We assume that it was donated from any other countries during the Soviet period (1950-1960s). One possibility is that it was received from the USA. The question how it crossed the Soviet Union border is open.

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