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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4273861, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, it is a replica of a Zhou dynasty bronze animal. In previous dynasties these model animals were often used for storage of ritual food, and put in the grave of an important person.</p><p>Unlike the early bronze animals, not all of the Zhou ones have holes or trays. They could have been the replicas of the day.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> The Chinese have valued antiques and historic styles for over a thousand years. So yours looks like a replica of an early replica.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> It is nice, I always like those Archaic Chinese motifs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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