BUYING CURIOS.
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| I don't think it is genuine | 我想不是眞的 | Waw seeahng poo shirt chunty. |
| Have you any red (i.e. coloured with cinnabar) plates? | 有硃砂盤沒有 | Yo choo-shah p‘ahn mayo? |
| This cloisonné enamel dates from Ching-t'ai (1450) | 這琺藍盤是景泰年製的 | Chaw fahlahn-p‘ahn shirt Ching-t‘i-ne-enn-chirpty. |
| It's too dear | 價錢太貴 | Cheeah-ch‘e-enn t‘i kooay. |
| The vase is not an old one | 瓶不是老瓶 | P‘ing pao-shirt low-p‘ing. |
| The flowers are badly drawn | 花樣不好 | Hwah yahng poo-how. |
| I want a "blue" bowl with over | 要淡描的蓋碗兒 | Yow tahn meeowty ki-wahr. |
| The edge is chipped | 邊兒有點破咯 | Pe-er yo-te-enn p‘awlah. |
| Have you any "half-tael" cash ? | 要半兩錢沒有 | Yo pahn-layang ch‘e-enn mayo? |
| This is a "half-tael" of the Han dynasty | 這個是漢半兩 | Chaykaw shirt Hahn-pahn-laynang. |
| I want a "half-tael" of the Chi'in dynasty | 要秦半兩 | Yow Ch‘een-pahn-layang. |
