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Jingdezhen Snuff Bottle

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« on: November 12, 2016, 11:50:50 pm »
Dear George,

An interesting B & W bottle! I remember seeing another B & W bottle with the exact same subject in a U.S. local auction recently, or perhaps it's the same one?... Anyway, to help you with the translation, "德勝門" means Gate of Triumph and "旗旗德勝" should mean triumphant in every battle, I stand to be corrected here. See, in modern days "得" instead of "德" is used, "得" means to get, while "德" means virtue. The ancient Chinese somehow used "德" in this case instead of "得". It worths a note that the two characters have the same pronunciation...

Hope you are getting my explanation here... Smiley

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