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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toomanytocount, post: 262154, member: 5115&quot;]I have seen that too, old stuff with Mao&#039;s picture, the posters with the loud propaganda. </p><p><br /></p><p>My first Chinese porcelain vase was bought at an outdoor flea market about 25 years ago, it had been used as a paint brush holder. Still splattered, but I did not blink when they asked for $5.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>Got it home, soaked it in soapy water, and the paint fell off, to reveal a beautiful white porcelain vase, hand painted, in a medium size of about 9 inches high. I was so naive then, I took it to work, for a Chinese doctor to translate the poem on the back of it, and she looked at me like I was silly. Never realised then, that Chinese script calligraphy is an art in doing and translating. Very complex. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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