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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayBee, post: 4503614, member: 9259&quot;]Been around a bit and just realized that @ before someone&#039;s name is a shout-out for help (G!, am I thick or what!?) But I never get any emails or messages re these... How does it work? I just stumbled upon this thread by chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, for what worth it, these seems to be not Chinese but Japanese.</p><p><br /></p><p>The characters are:</p><p><br /></p><p>古代瓦 - &quot;old tile,&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>and below:</p><p><br /></p><p>南都七大寺 which stands for:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nanto Shichi Daiji, literally &quot;the seven great temples of the southern capital&quot;, is a historical common name generally referring to the powerful and influential seven Buddhist temples located in Nara.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old Chinese and Japanese ceramic tile ends were/are (they are still making them) decorated.</p><p><br /></p><p>This may be a commemorative object, but I&#039;m not sure, because they never have that raised center part that hole. Maybe that serves a purpose... Hanging something from it?</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] may have it right; being a commemorative object, a silk / cotton rope would make sense as a way to hold it and avoid having sweat turn into rust with repeated handling.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394401[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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