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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 289946, member: 5170&quot;]Great info about Chinese forgeries. I knew some of them were good, but Jeez!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, with this abundance of information I&#039;m feeling that this is a Warthog tusk, carved as a crocodile either in Africa or China. I&#039;ve also learned that the Japanese have been well aware of crocs for centuries, as the saltwater variety is sometimes seen in the Sea of Japan. So it could be Japanese after all...perhaps. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the Occam&#039;s Razor theory would say that it could have been carved in any of the above places, and simply tossed by whoever into a box of Japanese ivories at the end of my Great Aunt&#039;s life, when they were packing up her estate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, wherever it was carved I think the value is about the same....maybe $100 or so. Great discussion![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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