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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe in PA, post: 11375299, member: 12740&quot;]I asked AI to translate and got:</p><p>The Chinese characters in the image &quot;代帝品 小盒&quot; (Dài dì pǐn xiǎo hé) translate to &quot;Substitute imperial product, small box&quot;. </p><p>This inscription likely indicates the following details about the item it was attached to:</p><ul> <li>Content: &quot;Substitute imperial product, small box&quot;.</li> <li>Meaning: The item is a smaller, replacement item that mimics imperial quality or style, likely not an actual imperial commission, which was a common practice out of reverence for earlier periods or to meet market demand.</li> <li>Language: The writing is in traditional Chinese characters, written by hand in a standard (Kaishu) script style.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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