early ancient Chinese abacus 8rod 2/5 beads

By Ashjr, 31 May, 2015
Description

I have the real Chinesenearly Suan pan abacus has wording and figures and 3 red Chinese traditional marks two are I'm red circle and 1 is in rectangle . I don't know what it's meaning but I can't find one similar anywhere only information found is all in books and.myth dating back to dynasties era but most evidence of the time was destroy and this item has been pass down to me by my great great grandma which was pas down from her family generation. I would like to know more about this and its value it has been framed in a square wooden frame with a scroll written in Chinese traditional also in columns going down starting from the far right side of the scroll

Category
Asian Art
Medium
look like some kind of old metal, or old hard sand stone maybe clay
Distinguishing marks
unknown I can't read traditional Chinese or Chinese at all.
Condition
Fair
Size and dimensions of this item
guessing 2 1/2 inches wide and 1/12 inch lengths
Date Period
unknown was told extremely early dynasty era
Weight
less than 1 pound
History
it's really old to where it's starting to age green but itsn person u'll be able to see slight lines of dark grey in background looking maybe like metal or some kind of stone
Price
?
Price Paid (If known)
item was pass down to me from Chinese God grandma which was pass down from here family line
For Sale?
Yes
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Ashjr

10 years ago

I have no clue on exact age or markings on item basically was told by random Chinese person that its very very rare and its written in traditional Chinese but if any one can read or knoe any information or value or anything at all please leave comment. cause I don't knoe any thing besides what Wikipedia says, which is its a Suan pan Chinese early abacus..

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