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<p>[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2413336, member: 14066"]Sadly no, though I can read some of the characters, how they translate on a character by character basis can differ greatly to how they would translate on the whole. Without being able to read all of it, translating part of it and having the correct meaning, is much harder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, traditionally, the black writing is more commonly a title, or description of the piece. The signature is the red stamped text, traditionally written in ancient Chinese seal script, which I also looked at but can't make it out clearly enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2413336, member: 14066"]Sadly no, though I can read some of the characters, how they translate on a character by character basis can differ greatly to how they would translate on the whole. Without being able to read all of it, translating part of it and having the correct meaning, is much harder. Also, traditionally, the black writing is more commonly a title, or description of the piece. The signature is the red stamped text, traditionally written in ancient Chinese seal script, which I also looked at but can't make it out clearly enough.[/QUOTE]
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