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Crystal Bottle with Citrine Inclusion

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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: February 20, 2017, 11:18:45 pm »

Dear Jo,
 
     It looks like a fine bottle, and I'd agree with the dating you put forth.
The 'Pinyin' refers to the transliteration into latin letters, NOT the calligraphy (Pat, were you trying to make a joke? Grin).
If your inscription had been in latin letters, it would have been "in Pinyin".
The calligraphy looks to be in Kaishu, or standard script.
Any script or font, should have the suffix '-shu' : Kaishu [standard script], Caoshu [grass script], Zhuanshu [Archaic script, but there are numerous types], Lishu [Clerical {Monumental} script], etc.
Best,
Joey



Thanks all for your information. Pat- I was noting what I was told about the inscription being in PinYin.  The seller of the bottle had a Chinese Dealer Friend to interpret it and this is all I know, as the seller nor myself read Chinese.  Richard- I am thrilled that you included the information regarding the poem.  There is so much history in the culture and I loved there was reference to an ancient poem on the bottle.  It added to the overall appeal of the bottle to me.  Tom- The bottle without stopper is 58.7 mm.  Again thanks so much for your feedback. 
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