<p>it seems like: 岁在乙酉辛未月佳艺作， （from right to left）
the chop may be: 龙艺内书。</p>
<p>岁在乙酉辛未月 means it happened in 乙酉year （An ancient Chinese year recording method ）， 辛未month (also an ancient chinese month recording method).</p>

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2022-09-28T01:01:20.927Z
if the year is “乙酉”, it should be “癸未” month  **乙庚之歲戊為頭**
水巷孑蠻
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2022-09-28T01:33:29.177Z
@水巷孑蠻 I am not very good at 六十甲子. thank you for your addition.  cheers
Havier
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2022-09-29T17:39:12.103Z
Thank you! So what year and/or month is that in "English"?
Jmax
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2022-09-29T18:20:12.820Z
@Jmax 甲子cycles every 60 years. The last 乙酉 year was 2005. 癸未 would be ~July 7th - Aug 7th.
EEQ
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2022-09-30T19:11:45.623Z
Thank you very much!
Jmax
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2023-06-25T01:36:21.867Z
龙艺内"书" or "畫"? It looks like "田在一上" rather than "曰". Also, 佳"藝"(traditional form of 艺).
r13
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2024-02-23T10:20:34.617Z
The symbol above 月 is only one character, so it can't be 辛未 and it looks like 春. 龙艺内书 should be 龙艺内画. The traditional characters of 书(書) and 画(畫) are often confusing.
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2022-09-27T22:59:22.687Z
2022-09-27T22:59:22.687Z
Havier
<p>I recently inherited a modern snuff bottle collection that have what looks like old calligraphy on the back side. Can someone tell me what the calligraphy says, and maybe even the chop?</p>
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Snuff Bottle Calligraphy
# Snuff Bottle Calligraphy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-27)

I recently inherited a modern snuff bottle collection that have what looks like old calligraphy on the back side. Can someone tell me what the calligraphy says, and maybe even the chop?

[![characters on snuff bottle](https://i.sstatic.net/dcu1O.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/dcu1O.jpg)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-27. Score: 1

it seems like: 岁在乙酉辛未月佳艺作， （from right to left）
the chop may be: 龙艺内书。

岁在乙酉辛未月 means it happened in 乙酉year （An ancient Chinese year recording method ）， 辛未month (also an ancient chinese month recording method).

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: if the year is “乙酉”, it should be “癸未” month  **乙庚之歲戊為頭**  
> **username_1**: @username_2 I am not very good at 六十甲子. thank you for your addition.  cheers  
> **username_0**: Thank you! So what year and/or month is that in "English"?  
> **username_3**: @username_0 甲子cycles every 60 years. The last 乙酉 year was 2005. 癸未 would be ~July 7th - Aug 7th.  
> **username_0**: Thank you very much!  
> **username_4**: 龙艺内"书" or "畫"? It looks like "田在一上" rather than "曰". Also, 佳"藝"(traditional form of 艺).  
> **username_5**: The symbol above 月 is only one character, so it can't be 辛未 and it looks like 春. 龙艺内书 should be 龙艺内画. The traditional characters of 书(書) and 画(畫) are often confusing.  

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