Characters on vase

[harryson8x]

我不明白这个瓶子上的字是什么意思。有高人可以帮我吗？谢谢！

[Lu]

Hi Harryson, welcome to the forums, and what a pretty vase! Please write your posts in English, so everyone can read them. Many people on these forums are still learning Chinese and don't read it well yet.

[cncorrect]

Top to bottom:

 

吉羊永用 
Auspicious sheep forever, symbolizing good fortune and prosperity.

 

一支春色映上林
The woods reflects the beauty of spring.

 

书在丁未春月
written in the spring month of Dingwei Year

 

源林作
made by Yuanlin (源林)

Edited May 8, 2024 at 07:06 AM by cncorrect
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[Tomsima]

is that not surely 源林?

[cncorrect]

@TomsimaYes, you are right. I made a mistake. It's '源林'.

[Lu]

On 5/7/2024 at 10:07 AM, cncorrect said:

书在丁未春月
written in the spring month of Dingwei Year

Some more information on this: Chinese years are numbered in various ways, one of which is the 'stems and branches' count, which repeats itself every 60 years. The most recent dingwei years have been 1727, 1787, 1847, 1907, and 1967. That this year code is written on the vase is no guarantee that the vase is actually from one of those years, it can be a fake.

[harryson8x]

Thank you so much, everyone!