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MARKS AND SEALS
59. Shou = longevity.
60. Shan wang = mountain king; i.e., best of the kiln.
61. Fuh-kwei kia-ki = fine utensil for the rich and honorable.
62. I-shing = harmony and prosperity.
63. Jo-shin chin tsang = deep like a treasury of jewels.
64. A form of the character Fuh = wealth.
65. Nan-chwan kin-yu = brilliant jade of Nan-chwan; i.e., southern river.
66. Shuai-fu Kung-yung = for public use in the general's hall; i.e., for official use.
67. Gai-lien chin-chang = rare prize for a lover of water-lilies; i.e., in allusion to the decorative design on the piece.
68. Sai-yu = jade of the West; i.e., best jade.
69. Yuh-lai = coming of a friend.
70. Pao-shing = holy and revered.
71. Tan-kwei = red olive; the olea fragrans being metaphorical of literary honour.
72. Fuh Kwei Chang-chun = wealth, honour, and a long spring, i.e., longevity.
73. Another form of No. 72.
74. Fuh Lu shou = fortune, income, and longevity.
75. Seal form of No. 74.
76. Wan-shou Wu-chiang = ten thousand lives unending.
77. Shou = a form of the third ideograph in No. 74.
78. Fuh Kwei Chang-ming = wealth, honour and a long life. (Read from right to left and then from top to bottom.) The whole figure represents a monetary token—the copper cash.
79. Chi-hsiang ju-i = good fortune and happiness, as much as desired.
80. Ta-chi = great fortune (luck),
81. Wun = literature.
82. Ching = gratulation.
83. Shwang-hsi = combined felicity.
84. Another form of No. 83.
85. Lu = income.
86. Kwoh = country.
87. Shu-fu = central palace.
88. Shun = order.
89. Hing = exalted.
90. Yu = jade.
91. Chin = rare.
92. Ku = ancient.
93. Shing = revered.
94. Tsuen = perfect.
95. Chin-wan = rare toy.
96. Wan-yu = pleasant Jade.
97. Chin-yu = true Jade.
98. Yu-wan = charming toy.
99. Ki-yu pao-ting chi chin = rarity of a revered vessel of precious jade.
100. Ki-shi pao-ting chi chin = rarity of a revered vessel of precious stone.
101. Tsai-chwan chih-lo = rivers of delight and order.
102. Ki-chin jo-yu = precious and rare as jade.
103. Wun-chang shan tou = earning as high as the hills and the North Star.
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illegible ideographs found on wares of inferior quality. N.B. The Marks on good specimens are always well formed, whether they are in relief, incised or painted. |
SYMBOLIC OR PICTORIAL MARKS.
110. A pearl; emblem of precious things.
111. Another form of No. 110.
111–A. Another form of No. 110.
112. A coin; emblem of riches.
113. An emblem of success.
114. Another form of No. 113.
115. Another form of No. 113.
116. Another form of No. 113.
117. A musical stone; emblem of good fortune.
118. Two books; emblems of literary attainment.
119. Crossed rhinocerous horns, emblem of might.
120. Another form of No. 119.
121. Leaf of artemesia; emblem of good augury.
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variants of No. 121. |
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