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Subject:Chnese Hat Stand - Inscription & Approx. Date please
Posted By: Peter Thu, Jan 16, 2020 IP: 77.119.128.178 Hello again, I've recently added a Chinese hat stand to my little collection and would very much appreciate any expert help regarding - |
Subject:Re: Chnese Hat Stand - Inscription & Approx. Date please
Posted By: Mark Adams Fri, Jan 17, 2020 Hi Peter, |
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Posted By: Peter Sat, Jan 18, 2020 Hello Mark, |
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Posted By: mikeoz Fri, Jan 17, 2020 美人如玉 "Beautiful people are like jade" |
Subject:Re: Chnese Hat Stand - Inscription & Approx. Date please
Posted By: Peter Sat, Jan 18, 2020 Hello Mike, |
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Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Jan 17, 2020 Script reads, |
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Posted By: Peter Sat, Jan 18, 2020 Hello Mr Nagy, |
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Posted By: Mark Adams Sat, Jan 18, 2020 Hi Peter, |
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Posted By: Peter Sun, Jan 19, 2020 Hello Mark, |
Subject:Re: Chnese Hat Stand - Inscription & Approx. Date please
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jan 18, 2020 At the risk of being called politically incorrect, the Chinese historic translation of 美人 has been "a beauty" as in "a belle". Thus, with my opinion coinciding with Mike's in reading the third character as ru/如, my translation of 美人如玉 would be "Beauties are like jade" or "Beautiful women are like jade". Men have their share of terms for "handsome", including 俊/jùn (same character pronounced zùn can mean "cool" or "neat"), 姚/yáo (Also a family name; you reckon their men have more fun" :) and 帥/shuài (root meaning of "military leader"). |
Subject:Re: Chnese Hat Stand - Inscription & Approx. Date please
Posted By: Peter Sun, Jan 19, 2020 Thank you, once again, Bill, for your valued expertise. |
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