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gerspee

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Chinese item
« on: May 15, 2016, 02:48:25 am »
Who knows what this is ? Looks like a ruler but is it and what's written on it ? Where to find similar  ???
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2016, 01:58:02 pm »
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2016, 02:18:29 pm »
Google Lu Ban ruler. Should become clearer.
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2016, 09:53:00 pm »
Y'all are soooo smart!
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2016, 02:30:44 am »
Thanks and that's the one  :) And me happy now with knowing  :-*  and just found this one so that old ? http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/230302.htm
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2016, 11:55:12 am »
Smart indeed !!  Brownie points given !!
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2016, 12:50:04 am »
So nice find but I doubt if it is that old as said in the link off the Chinese news paper ?  Looks to me more 19th century more or am i wrong ? 
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2016, 02:10:17 am »
I think you are right, I would be very surprised If your's is that old!
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2016, 11:20:24 am »
No clue yet but the inscriptions and the name looks to me very very similar with the one from the newspaper and also the overall look of it . So there wrong in age or  I.am very lucky ?  Need to find more  about the rulers off Luban i think  :-\
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2016, 04:56:30 pm »
I believe it said Lu Ban was a person !!  Chinese engineer and carpenter !!
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2016, 01:29:48 am »
He was but in the text the speak about a Luban ruler (  The Luban carpentry ruler was used in ancient times in the construction of residential houses and furniture. A whole structure and each of its parts would have its height, width and length measured in lucky numbers.

So must be called like that me think ? :P  But still would like to find out the real age off my one off course  :D
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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2016, 06:17:04 am »
LOL !!  Sorry !!  I misread that !!  I was thinking rulers as in  "leaders of a nation "  !!  Totally forgot it was a unit of measure "ruler" !!  Was dealing with stopped up sink and trying to get plumber on phone !!
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2016, 07:04:28 am »
We Dutch also have our problems sometime  :P So forgiven  ;D
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« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2016, 10:41:38 am »
Quote from: gerspee on May 18, 2016, 07:04:28 am
We Dutch also have our problems sometime  :P So forgiven  ;D

I hope your problems are not a clogged up kitchen sink !!  A real pain in the posterior !!   :D
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Re: Chinese item
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2016, 05:23:57 am »
 :)No we Dutch have water knowledge so nu sink problems in my little country . I have put the Lu Ban ruler on the Asian art forum to see what comes from there . Let you know if I.am able to buy a Golden sink  ;D
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