lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 08:43 AM Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 08:43 AM Hello! Can anyone help with this seal? Cheers and thanks in advance for your time! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted July 22, 2021 at 08:45 AM Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 08:45 AM Need a higher resolution and better lit photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 09:13 AM Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 09:13 AM will try to get! thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 09:15 AM Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 09:15 AM I fiddle a bit with contrast and light in the photo, does it help? will try to get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 22, 2021 at 01:49 PM Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 01:49 PM It says 鑒定 ("appraised") in an slightly more archaic form of the first character with the 金 radical, then there's a smaller 京 below, presumably the office where it happened bu can't read the rest. Star makes you think China but maybe that's a Japanese variant as second part of jian is simplified, will go and check. Then the place might be 京都 Kyoto. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/鑑#Japanese 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 01:49 PM Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 01:49 PM terribly sorry, it's upside down ofc.... Suzhou Cultural Relics Bureau thank you so much for your time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:00 PM Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:00 PM found the seal here: https://gotheborg.com/marks/jiandingtest.shtml the above from the last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:06 PM Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:06 PM Ah, so it's a number after the jing, thought it might be a three. Beijing office then rather than Suzhou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lep Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:50 PM Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 02:50 PM Beijing ok, need to confirm! thank you! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted July 22, 2021 at 07:34 PM Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 at 07:34 PM This is an export seal. Back in the days of 文物商店, everything in the store would have one of these attached somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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