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mart

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Asian art people,, Help !!
« on: November 04, 2018, 10:45:58 am »
https://www.kovels.com/discussions/this-wall-hanging-under-glass-looks-to-be-asian-and-brass-can-you-tell-me-what-it-is-and-if-it-is-old.html

Anyone have an idea about this thing ??  May be bronze or brass,,about 6" across and about an inch thick !!  Japanese, Chinese or what  ??
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ghopper1924

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Re: Asian art people,, Help !!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 01:58:35 pm »
Don't know, but the shadow box could be ca. 1900.
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Re: Asian art people,, Help !!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 05:42:58 pm »
I don't know either, but to me that central figure looks like an Asian "Dragon-Horse". I have no idea why it appears to have the water flowing from its mouth? Maybe there is a legend about the horse and the rivers (Yellow?).
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Re: Asian art people,, Help !!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2018, 05:57:43 pm »
I thought it was  a typical Fu Dog/Lion !!  Just shows  what I do not know about these things !!
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