<p>the character is a type called 经典繁方篆，a old standard chinese character around 1300BC to 1046BC</p>
<p>天福 is the name of a silver shop at TianJin during the period of the Republic of China(1912-1949)</p>
<p>纹银 means standard silver in ancient China</p>
<p>so the mean may be 天福's standard silver.</p>
<p>this probably a gift for their customers.</p>

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<p>I recently bought a small jade item and attempted to translate the seal on the bottom. After many hours of searching, I was unable to translate the characters. I believe they are Chinese characters, found some similar looking characters in small seal script but nothing matching what I have. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
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Translate Chinese Seal (Characters identified: 天福紋銀)
# Translate Chinese Seal (Characters identified: 天福紋銀)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-18)

I recently bought a small jade item and attempted to translate the seal on the bottom. After many hours of searching, I was unable to translate the characters. I believe they are Chinese characters, found some similar looking characters in small seal script but nothing matching what I have. Any help would be appreciated.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-07-19. Score: 3

the character is a type called 经典繁方篆，a old standard chinese character around 1300BC to 1046BC

天福 is the name of a silver shop at TianJin during the period of the Republic of China(1912-1949)

纹银 means standard silver in ancient China

so the mean may be 天福's standard silver.

this probably a gift for their customers.


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