Category: Objects
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Discovery in a Chinese Printing chop
A collection of interesting wooden Chinese chops or stamps lead to the discovery of Chen Quin Jack’s Chinese name. This has made me much more aware of the potential importance of each item in the collection.
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Chinese Medicine collection
My collection also includes this fascinating collection of tiny Chinese medicine bottles. The labels are mostly intact and there’s still medicine in some. One particular medicine is Po Chai Pills 保濟丸 — a traditional Chinese medicine product made from several herbs formed into tiny spherical pills about 4 mm in diameter. It is used as a remedy for the relief of indigestion, heartburn, vomiting, diarrhea,
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Quin Jack’s abacus
Uncle Les said his father — Quin Jack — owned and used extensively this wooden abacus. It has a well-worn patina with exotic oriental markings, and for me as a child, it was fun to play with. I can remember grandpa Trevor teaching my brother and I to count to 10 in Chinese, and how…
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