Antique Opium
Posted in asian antiques on 10/17/2009 05:37 am by adminHow dechipher Chinese (?) Writing on the ancient water pipe Buffalo Opium?
While traveling in Laos, I bought from a street vendor, antique pipe made from the horn of a water buffalo. It is finely carved and what looks like Chinese writing that. I think this was once used as an opium pipe. I asked a native Chinese freinds to translate, but they tell me that the characters are old and do not know them. Are there resources that can look at an image of writing and translate it for me?
Take a photo of the computer and display it on the net. You Chinese and Cantonese use the simplified Chinese script. But generally, the marks are on the seasons, plants, items and horoscopes. Often they are calendars, almanacs and proverbs.
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