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by denmarkhill
Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: Far East
Topic: Help with oriental hallmarks please...
Replies: 1
Views: 2547

Re: Help with oriental hallmarks please...

吉興 JiXing ( = YenJiXing 顏吉興, maker, based in 汕頭 Swatow/Shantou )

點銅 DianTong ( Although "Tong" alone means "copper", this term actually means "pewter"; some items made by JixXing are marked also in English so it's clear)
by denmarkhill
Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:34 pm
Forum: Far East
Topic: Chinese opium pipe.
Replies: 4
Views: 4492

Re: Chinese opium pipe.

Picture 2:
正銀白 ZhengYinBai
Although the word "Yin" indeed means "silver", I found an article in Mandarin showing the same mark and it indicates that the material is "white copper".

Picture 3:
廣東 GuangDong (location)
協益號 XieYiHao (maker)
by denmarkhill
Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: Far East
Topic: need help on oriental hallmark
Replies: 5
Views: 4479

Re: need help on oriental hallmark

You will need to turn your picture 90 degrees clockwise to read the texts.

The right one reads 票銀 (Piaoyin).
The left one reads 姚泉興(Yaoquanxing, a maker based in Chengdu, Sichuan).

There is an older post mentioning this maker:
http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=26817

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