Request for Translation of Ginger Jar Lettering

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Request for Translation of Ginger Jar Lettering

by Thomas
(DC)

Can anyone please translate the text on the bottom of the ginger jar in the attached photo? In addition, can you kindly provide information the age and origin of the jar?

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Request for Translation of Ginger Jar Lettering

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Nov 02, 2011

mark and jar
by: peter

Hi, the mark reads "Daqing Tongzhi Nianzhi" (made in the Tongzhi reign). However, this decoration is more likely 20th century. The pink color came probably into use only about the middle of the 20th century or later.

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