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<p>[QUOTE="Huntingtreasure, post: 341258, member: 6868"]Fenghuang- Chinese myth: an ancient bird that had the head of a pheasant, body of a mandarin duck, tail of a peacock, legs of a crane, mouth of a parrot, and the wings of a swallow. Her head represented the sky, her eyes the sun, her back the moon, her wings the wind, her feet the earth, and her tail the planets. Only appeared in places that were blessed with peace and prosperity.[ATTACH=full]114826[/ATTACH]</p><p>I can't quite tell, but I think I see a long leg on the bird on lamp. (Which I don't think would be a peacock)</p><p>Anyway, just throwing this out there for thoughts. Thank you[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Huntingtreasure, post: 341258, member: 6868"]Fenghuang- Chinese myth: an ancient bird that had the head of a pheasant, body of a mandarin duck, tail of a peacock, legs of a crane, mouth of a parrot, and the wings of a swallow. Her head represented the sky, her eyes the sun, her back the moon, her wings the wind, her feet the earth, and her tail the planets. Only appeared in places that were blessed with peace and prosperity.[ATTACH=full]114826[/ATTACH] I can't quite tell, but I think I see a long leg on the bird on lamp. (Which I don't think would be a peacock) Anyway, just throwing this out there for thoughts. Thank you[/QUOTE]
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