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BUYING CURIOS
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I want a bronze stork 要古銅仙鸛 Yow koo-t‘oong she-enn-how.
This is Lao Tzŭ riding on an ox 這是老子騎牛 Chaw-shirt Low-dza ch‘ee new.
A mirror (as to shape) made of Yünnan marble (which is curiously veined) 大理石的鏡子 Tah-lee-shirtty chingdza.
A white jade pen-case of the Han dynasty 漢白玉的筆筒 Hahn-pi-yüty pee-t‘oong.