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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gckimm, post: 9737087, member: 83519&quot;]One clue that this is a modern vase is the use of simplified characters, which have been used in China only since the 1950s. The second and third of the three characters highlighted above, 中华窑, look very different in traditional characters: 中華窯.&nbsp; Also note that along with simplified characters, the Chinese government has changed the direction of writing; while Chinese was traditionally written from right to left, the writing in mainland China is now generally written from left to right, similar to the writing in the U.S., Europe, etc.&nbsp; If you happen to find a mark or inscription on something Chinese and it is written from left to right, you can be sure that it is not antique.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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