<p>&quot;乾州&quot; means a city nowadays in Hunan province. &quot;王氏&quot; means a man whose name is &quot;王氏&quot; or a man whose first name is &quot;王&quot;.</p>

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2022-06-07T13:55:47.790Z
I'm afraid that I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on the characters in the upper and lower right corner which appear to refer to the emperor Qianlong.  More feedback is welcome
AOD
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2022-06-09T05:36:38.067Z
@AOD, it is not 乾隆 (Qianlong). https://i.sstatic.net/JYwgw.png ; 乾州 is correct
Tang Ho
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2022-06-09T14:06:27.380Z
Understood and appreciated thank you very much
AOD
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2022-06-07T06:18:32.107Z
2022-06-07T06:18:32.107Z
Zhao
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HLFxG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HLFxG.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>This mark is one of several that are located on a Tang dynasty style watercolor painting that I own. However, it is this one that I'm most interested in knowing the meaning of. Can someone please help?</p>

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Can anyone assist with the translation of this seal mark? (Characters identified: 乾州王氏)
# Can anyone assist with the translation of this seal mark? (Characters identified: 乾州王氏)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-06)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HLFxG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/HLFxG.png)This mark is one of several that are located on a Tang dynasty style watercolor painting that I own. However, it is this one that I'm most interested in knowing the meaning of. Can someone please help?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-06-07. Score: 2

"乾州" means a city nowadays in Hunan province. "王氏" means a man whose name is "王氏" or a man whose first name is "王".

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'm afraid that I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on the characters in the upper and lower right corner which appear to refer to the emperor Qianlong.  More feedback is welcome  
> **username_2**: @username_0, it is not 乾隆 (Qianlong). https://i.sstatic.net/JYwgw.png ; 乾州 is correct  
> **username_0**: Understood and appreciated thank you very much  

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