I recently purchased an inro and was wondering if anyone could help with the signature translation?
[IMG]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x389/emmadaniel/Inro/56657b79.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x389/emmadaniel/Inro/7a3dc655.jpg[/IMG]
Hi, Ive taken some close up ones, hope they are ok, any info much appreciated :-)
[IMG]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x389/emmadaniel/Inro/aa25c86a.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x389/emmadaniel/Inro/61371c05.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x389/emmadaniel/Inro/440e9c8e.jpg[/IMG]
Many thanks, Emma
Sorry, I'm not too sure about most of these. The first two characters of the second image look like 丙子. I suppose the third one might be a highly stylised 年 (although it doesn't look very similar).
丙子 indicates the thirteenth year of the sexagenary cycle - I guess it is saying when the thing was made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle
I'm afraid that's as far as I got.
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