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<p>竹貓圖<br />
<em>Painting of bamboo and cat(?)s</em></p>
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<p>武漢大學<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_University" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Wǔhàn University</em></a></p>
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<p>I can't read the artist's signature or the seals.</p>

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2023-09-24T08:02:22.287Z
2023-09-24T08:02:22.287Z
dROOOze
<p>I've been given a painting by a Chinese university professor many years ago. There is some handwriting on it and I always wondered what the text on it says. My Chinese is very basic so I gave OCR a try but it only resulted in some random numbers.
Maybe someone could understand the handwriting?
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2023-09-24T06:34:55.033Z
(花?)貓圖：- 武(澤?)大學 - 東(??)
Tang Ho
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2023-09-24T06:52:18.530Z
I see 竹貓圖，武漢大學，車英. The bottom-right corner is not legible to me, I only see (maybe) 【弟】.
dROOOze
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2023-09-24T07:44:21.200Z
@dROOOze that totally makes sense, it was gifted to me at Wuhan University and it shows a panda under some bamboo. I'm trying to match the characters to the painting:
Top: 圖貓 - but where is 竹? Is it part of the painted leaves?
Middle: ?
Bottom: 大學 - are the two strokes at the bottom left (´\) the character 大? And 武漢 is in the red seal?
Sam Weber
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2023-09-24T08:01:26.843Z
@SamWeber It would help if you knew what your professor's name was. I'm not confident in the signature or seal; I think the signature says 車英 and the bottom-left seal says 車英之印, but I'm not really sure.
dROOOze
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2023-09-24T09:00:54.910Z
@dROOOze thank you so much! Unfortunately, I don't remember his name but I'm fine with knowing that it's his signature. Your text overlay is brilliant btw.
Sam Weber
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Understanding handwritten text on a painting
# Understanding handwritten text on a painting

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-24)

I've been given a painting by a Chinese university professor many years ago. There is some handwriting on it and I always wondered what the text on it says. My Chinese is very basic so I gave OCR a try but it only resulted in some random numbers.
Maybe someone could understand the handwriting?
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ouuxE.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ouuxE.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, calligraphy, handwriting

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: (花?)貓圖：- 武(澤?)大學 - 東(??)  
> **username_2**: I see 竹貓圖，武漢大學，車英. The bottom-right corner is not legible to me, I only see (maybe) 【弟】.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 that totally makes sense, it was gifted to me at Wuhan University and it shows a panda under some bamboo. I'm trying to match the characters to the painting: Top: 圖貓 - but where is 竹? Is it part of the painted leaves? Middle: ? Bottom: 大學 - are the two strokes at the bottom left (´\) the character 大? And 武漢 is in the red seal?  
> **username_2**: @username_0 It would help if you knew what your professor's name was. I'm not confident in the signature or seal; I think the signature says 車英 and the bottom-left seal says 車英之印, but I'm not really sure.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 thank you so much! Unfortunately, I don't remember his name but I'm fine with knowing that it's his signature. Your text overlay is brilliant btw.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-09-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

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> 竹貓圖  
> *Painting of bamboo and cat(?)s*

> 武漢大學  
> [*Wǔhàn University*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_University)

I can't read the artist's signature or the seals.


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