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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Potteryplease, post: 9607388, member: 16407&quot;][ATTACH=full]467325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]467326[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More!</p><p><br /></p><p>- the backside of the same piece of paper is, rather than Buddhist, Taoist</p><p><br /></p><p>- it too was written by a monk / priest (not sure the nomenclature), this one a Taoist holy man who would have had a certain kind of long hair (??); his name was Mr. Jong</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, this item does not really have &#039;collectible&#039; value, in the way a vase or artwork would, for example, but has value as a kind of &#039;folk art&#039; / historical / spiritual / sociological artifact created by a loving person, rooted in one of the timeless human impulses: hopes and anxieties about our children (or in this case, lack thereof) (ok-- those were my words)</p><p><br /></p><p>I still haven&#039;t taken the second piece of paper out of the cavity on the back. I am going to take the whole thing to her shop later this week and perhaps we will look at that one too--if she thinks it&#039;s appropriate. I&#039;ll be sure to follow up here if I learn anything else![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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