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Antique urn with writing on it - Any FReepers with expertise in deciphering (Oriental?) writing?
HairOfTheDog

Posted on 11/04/2005 3:06:15 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

My mother bought this big clay pot years ago at an antique store somewhere. She said it was an urn. The top, which was once sealed, has been cut open, and she put decorative grass in it.

I was dusting it off today, and became interested in finding out what the writing on it says. I don't know its origin or what it might say. I have often thought perhaps it is the name or information about it's original occupant. I don't know its age or country of origin, I only guess that it appears to be Asian lettering.

Anyone have any idea what it says?


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To: HairOfTheDog

I'm not sayin', just sayin'....it might NOT BE OF THIS EARTH!!

????


21 posted on 11/04/2005 3:15:48 PM PST by GRRRRR (America is a better place because of people like us...)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'd guess so. I think the smart money is on somebody's name, and sure... maybe his start/end dates.


22 posted on 11/04/2005 3:16:47 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Looks like an obscure dialect of goa'uld


23 posted on 11/04/2005 3:17:42 PM PST by Lil'freeper (8909/41081)
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To: HairOfTheDog

"Drink more Ovaltine"


24 posted on 11/04/2005 3:20:01 PM PST by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: Lil'freeper; JenB

Heh... so it's either very old, some obscure language of man, or it's not old at all, it's some mid 80's fan-geek's urn. Is that what I'm getting from you guys? ;~D


25 posted on 11/04/2005 3:20:34 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: SunkenCiv; FairOpinion
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26 posted on 11/04/2005 3:24:37 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Larry Lucido
You speak Japanese too?

Hai. I am omnilingual. Girls like that.

27 posted on 11/04/2005 3:25:42 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I would guess that it's Japanese, and that the script may have deteriorated over time, so you're not looking at complete characters.

Do you live near a university? You might take it in to the Foreign Languages department and ask around.


28 posted on 11/04/2005 3:27:56 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: Tax-chick
Do you live near a university?

Not a real one... just a kinda freaky hippy college :~D

29 posted on 11/04/2005 3:30:25 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
It's Goa'uld!

This is the only woman on earth who can interpret it.

I know you were looking for a serious answer...consider this a bump to the top.

30 posted on 11/04/2005 3:30:28 PM PST by hattend (Rum and Coke, please!)
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To: hattend

That's the second vote for Goa'uld ;~D


31 posted on 11/04/2005 3:31:50 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, you could go to their website and see if they have a Japanese or Korean professor, in some subject. It looks like a knockoff of a real Oriental piece, so it could be that the characters are gibberish, and just supposed to look "Chinese-ish."


32 posted on 11/04/2005 3:32:37 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: hattend

ONZ, that makes everything clear, doesn't it?


33 posted on 11/04/2005 3:33:03 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

"Do not remove top and use as a planter."


34 posted on 11/04/2005 3:33:48 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Tax-chick

What about it makes it look like a knockoff?


35 posted on 11/04/2005 3:34:02 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

The finish, and especially the unglazed patch with the "characters" on it. It just doesn't look legitimately Asian to me. Of course, I could be totally wrong!


36 posted on 11/04/2005 3:35:38 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: Tax-chick

"Indeed"


37 posted on 11/04/2005 3:36:23 PM PST by hattend (Rum and Coke, please!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

It says "With 6 you get egg roll".


38 posted on 11/04/2005 3:37:20 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Tax-chick

That is, legitimately "old" Asian.


39 posted on 11/04/2005 3:37:30 PM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: Tax-chick

Just curious... it's certainly a very roughly made piece, although the pot is very symmetrical, the glazing is pretty primitive.


40 posted on 11/04/2005 3:37:39 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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