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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 257647, member: 2844"]Asian dragon symbolism is ancient, widespread, and complicated.</p><p>The five and four claw difference you refer to was prevalent in the Yuan dynasty.</p><p>In the Ming and Qing dynasties the five clawed dragon was reserved for the emperor, meaning only the emperor was allowed to use it. Benny's dragon clearly dates from a later time, when there were no more emperors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 257647, member: 2844"]Asian dragon symbolism is ancient, widespread, and complicated. The five and four claw difference you refer to was prevalent in the Yuan dynasty. In the Ming and Qing dynasties the five clawed dragon was reserved for the emperor, meaning only the emperor was allowed to use it. Benny's dragon clearly dates from a later time, when there were no more emperors.[/QUOTE]
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