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Translation Help: Chenes Hieroglyphs on Silk Panels

I possess two vintage Chinese embroideries featuring elegant peony blossoms and graceful birds. Each piece is adorned with intricately embroidered Chinese characters. Perhaps waxu_93 could generously offer me assistance once again in translating these characters into English? Your help and guidance would be extremely valued.

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Translation Help: Chenes Hieroglyphs on Silk Panels

富贵白头:The rich and noble bald head pattern is a decorative pattern on Han porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, consisting of a pulsatilla bird and peony flowers.Peony is a metaphor for wealth and honor, and the white eyebrows and pillow feathers of a pulsatilla mean that you will grow old until you grow old."White head and wealth" is a symbol of longevity, love, wealth and beauty of husband and wife.meaning

四序:The interpretation of the four seasons refers to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter繁荣:Prosperity

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富贵白头

四序繁荣

I can reply very difficult because of the web is week in China

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富贵白头:The rich and noble bald head pattern is a decorative pattern on Han porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, consisting of a pulsatilla bird and peony flowers.Peony is a metaphor for wealth and honor, and the white eyebrows and pillow feathers of a pulsatilla mean that you will grow old until you grow old."White head and wealth" is a symbol of longevity, love, wealth and beauty of husband and wife.meaning

四序:The interpretation of the four seasons refers to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter繁荣:Prosperity

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富贵白头 red part(一片??)

四序繁荣  red part(如意)

如意
[rú yì]
Ruyi; as one wishes; as one likes it; according to one's wishes;

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Very interesting. So many hieroglyphs, I'm really puzzled. Can the reds be stamps/seals of the artists? 

 

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Can the reds be stamps/seals of the artists? -------not the artist seals

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I'd probably use the term characters rather than hieroglyphs.  The latter is a term designated for Egyptian monuments. Asian characters are a writing system based on pictograms but containing phonetic (sound and pronunciation values) information. 

 

Not trying to gatekeep, just being a nerd. 

 

Cheers!

M

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@waxu_93 For the red seals:

Would you say "chop mark" if it was on paper? But "seal" because it's not? 

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I totally agree, thank you!

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I see, thank you!

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It is an embroidered seal, which is the same as the style of Chinese painting

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Oh, thank you!

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一片冰心😃

篆书上下两个人是----仌(冰)

“一片冰心”在玉壶

The two people above and below the seal script are ---- 仌 (ice)

"a piece of ice heart" in the jade pot。

 

The heart is still as pure as the ice in the jade pot, untainted by worldly conditions such as fame and fortune。-----An Ancient Tang Dynasty Poem

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This is amazing! Thank you very much! Is there a possibility that the seal contains additional characters? If so, could these characters potentially hold a specific meaning or significance?

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NO.1 seal write:一片冰心,On behalf of the couple will never change their hearts

No.2 seal write:如意,means satisfaction

you are welcome😁

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