BUYING CURIOS
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I want a bronze stork | 要古銅仙鸛 | Yow koo-t‘oong she-enn-how. |
This is Lao Tzŭ riding on an ox | 這是老子騎牛 | Chaw-shirt Low-dza ch‘ee new. |
A mirror (as to shape) made of Yünnan marble (which is curiously veined) | 大理石的鏡子 | Tah-lee-shirtty chingdza. |
A white jade pen-case of the Han dynasty | 漢白玉的筆筒 | Hahn-pi-yüty pee-t‘oong. |