Help Translating Chinese Hallmark

[marblevintage]

 

Hello! I acquired a Chinese porcelain brooch and would appreciate any help in translating the hallmark on the back. See image attached.

Thanks in advance!

[sonomabarn67]

Thanks in advance for showing pics (front and back) of the entire object.

[argon38]

It's just the Chinese character for "silver": 銀

[argon38 · Accepted solution]

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@argon38 wrote:

It's just the Chinese character for "silver": 銀

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It actually appears as on your piece. That's the simplified form of the character for silver:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%93%B6 

and not the traditional form of the character, which is :

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%8A%80 

This has some practical importance, as it indicates your brooch was made after the character simplification scheme was introduced in the mid-1950s.

[maxine*j]

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@argon38 wrote:

It's just the Chinese character for "silver": 銀

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Now, that makes sense.  I was having a hard time seeing the bit OP was willing to show is as porcelain.

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[marblevintage]

Thank you for the insight!

[sonomabarn67]

Thank you for the extra pictures so we can tell you what the object is and when it is from.