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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10507454, member: 76316&quot;]This is in <u>Discussion</u> because it doesn&#039;t seem to belong elsewhere.</p><p>Why don&#039;t we have an Asian Art forum?</p><p><br /></p><p>The first pic is the underside of the cover on a 3-chambered vessel; the next two pics are of the mark on the base of the vessel itself, inverted for convenience an&#039; because I cannot tell which way is up. That&#039;s been said about me regarding many other things, but I digress... That mark is about 3/4&quot; square, an seems to be deeply incised, then filled with black ink.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the following 4 pics, the sides of the seal itself are shown, rotated a quarter turn; the panels immediately beneath the Foo-Dog(?) are each subtly different, an suggest ideograms of a sort, an&#039; I believe there is information in them, &#039;tho obscure to my western eyes...perhaps a few of my learned associates here can decipher them? The seal is about 2 1/2&quot; high, an&#039; perhaps 2&quot; square. Then there are 3 views of the seal-face itself. Yeah, there should have been 4...but I must have fallen asleep before finishing the shoot. Again, I cannot correctly orient that face; perhaps the proper view is the one I didn&#039;t shoot? Please help in the translation, if you can.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the first pic; the outline of the vessel can be seen. I don&#039;t own this item yet ((&#039;tho I probably can&#039;t afford it when (an&#039; if) the owner sets a price)). I&#039;ll get more pics when I can, an&#039; post &#039;em here. It&#039;s about 6&quot; long,&nbsp; 3 1/2&quot; wide, an&#039; with its cover perhaps 5&quot; high. I was told the red characters have something to do with a wedding, an&#039; as the seal is the central part of the contents, I suspect it is also &#039;union of souls&#039; or such themed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be very interested in, an&#039; grateful for, every one of your opinions, comments, an&#039; suggestions about this older soapstone article. As always, Thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528309[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528310[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528311[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528312[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528313[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528318[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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