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<p>[QUOTE="gckimm, post: 9590505, member: 83519"]Hi:</p><p><br /></p><p>This item is a real mystery. It appears to be Chinese but the figures decorating it do not look like any traditional creature, such as the Chinese unicorn (<i>qilin</i>). There is in Chinese mythology a pig-like creature named Zhu Bajie, a.k.a. "Pigsy," but he is known as a glutton and is pictured as more rotund than the figure on the dish. In Hinduism there is a god named Varaha who has the form of a boar but I could not tell you if he is represented here. Sorry I can't be of more help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gckimm, post: 9590505, member: 83519"]Hi: This item is a real mystery. It appears to be Chinese but the figures decorating it do not look like any traditional creature, such as the Chinese unicorn ([I]qilin[/I]). There is in Chinese mythology a pig-like creature named Zhu Bajie, a.k.a. "Pigsy," but he is known as a glutton and is pictured as more rotund than the figure on the dish. In Hinduism there is a god named Varaha who has the form of a boar but I could not tell you if he is represented here. Sorry I can't be of more help. Greg[/QUOTE]
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