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<p>[QUOTE="bluemoon, post: 165288, member: 1296"]Notice how in the first picture of my previous post the red dragon in the flag on right side / top has 5 claws. In the picture below (the yellow dragon) only has 4. I can't really tell for sure but I think in the last picture's flags the dragons only have 4 claws as well.</p><p>So there's variety within them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I read that many of these kinds of flags are Qing Dynasty flags and from the late 19th century and they "could have been used to identify a character to a specific time during a performance." whatever that means.</p><p>In some of those examples the patterns were printed.</p><p>[USER=313]@gimbler-dave[/USER] 's flag seems to be embroidered and that could mean it's older but I don't know.</p><p>Your flag also is very large. But maybe the sizes vary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluemoon, post: 165288, member: 1296"]Notice how in the first picture of my previous post the red dragon in the flag on right side / top has 5 claws. In the picture below (the yellow dragon) only has 4. I can't really tell for sure but I think in the last picture's flags the dragons only have 4 claws as well. So there's variety within them. I read that many of these kinds of flags are Qing Dynasty flags and from the late 19th century and they "could have been used to identify a character to a specific time during a performance." whatever that means. In some of those examples the patterns were printed. [USER=313]@gimbler-dave[/USER] 's flag seems to be embroidered and that could mean it's older but I don't know. Your flag also is very large. But maybe the sizes vary.[/QUOTE]
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