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Matt asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 6 years ago

What does this Chinese handwriting say on the bottom of container?

Its some type of container i got at a Garage sale and would like to know how much its worth, the writing on the bottom of it could help me greatly. Not sure if the picture is upside down or not sorry if it is.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 years ago
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    Well, if you get this in a Garage sale, there is hardly a chance that it is valuable. (Chinese can certainly recognize how old it is better than foreigners and keep it instead of selling it.)

    Is it a tall teapot? Or just a water bottle? Because from this view, I cannot identify whether it's valuable or not.

    Since I can recognize 老店 (old shop) at the bottom line, writing from left to right, I will try my best to give my translation.

    The first line is 潮邑 (somewhere is southern China), which is the name of "老店". So this thing should be made in this 潮邑老店, not any royalty or whatever.

    The second and third line are just the name of this container, it doesn't mean anything at all.

    This should be made in 民國, which means it would be made as early as 1949 or latest 1959.

    If it's not counterfeit, such product would be sold around USD $330. But be warned, people are very good at making counterfeit goods (Chinese are absolutely able to make fake eggs or chewing gums!), normal people while looking at this photo would not be able to figure out its true value.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Nobody on yahoo speaks Chinese?

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