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Subject:Is this Chinese or Japanese ?
Posted By: Allen Miller Sun, May 07, 2023 IP: 2401:4900:1cbd:675b:
Request Translation.







Subject:Re: Is this Chinese or Japanese ?
Posted By: I.Nagy Sun, May 07, 2023
It is Chinese
Pic.1,
如意　- Ruyi (Find sth. satisfactory)
An S-shaped ornamental object,usu. made of jade, as a symbol of good luck.
Pic.2,
I cannot readout any Chinese character in the picture.
With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Is this Chinese or Japanese ?
Posted By: Bill H Mon, May 08, 2023
Not jade I think. Its surface appearance through the hazy focus looks more like fluorite or possibly Bowenite, both softer than Jade on the Mohs scale. See fluorite image of the Budai Heshang (Cloth Sack Monk) below.

Good luck,

Bill H.



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