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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;vitry-le-francois, post: 9956161, member: 100&quot;]Below is the reply I received from asian art forum: </p><p><br /></p><p>Inscription is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Han (王翰） </p><p><br /></p><p>蒲桃美酒夜光杯 </p><p>欲飲琵琶馬上催 </p><p>酔臥沙場君莫笑 </p><p>古來征戦幾人回 </p><p><br /></p><p>Delicious wine in a luminous cup* </p><p>When I tried to drink on the horse, I heard the sound of pipa** </p><p>Don&#039;t laugh when I get drunk and fell asleep in the desert </p><p>After all, from ancient time very few people have ever come back alive from wars </p><p><br /></p><p>*　It is made of jade, and is one of the specialities in Jiuquan, Gansu Province on the western border of China, the starting point of Chinese military expeditions to the west. </p><p>** A plucked string instrument </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t see any other inscription than the poem, </p><p><br /></p><p>With regards, </p><p>I.Nagy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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