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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayBee, post: 3807626, member: 9259&quot;]Nice work on bringing the characters out! The characters inside the gourd are 德化 (De Hua,) a county in Fujan province in China. Probably where it was made. The gourd is a Buddhist auspicious symbol. I&#039;ve a couple of Chinese friends who are Buddhists. I&#039;ll try to get hold of them and see if they have further input. I&#039;ll try to work on the other characters, but they aren&#039;t all that clear (combination of a bad print on the ceramic and probably my eyes getting old<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>....</p><p>The other characters I can only partially make them out: </p><p><br /></p><p>佛 X 子 何 朝 X X X X</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes these inscriptions are a line from a Buddhist sutra, so a few characters may bring out the full line --- that&#039;s where my Chinese friends might be able to help. Will keep you posted. The first character, 佛 (fo) is Buddha, BTW.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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