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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 399682, member: 2844&quot;]It is beautiful, Kiko. I think your analysis is correct, and I would say museum replica.</p><p>This is very much a Chinese piece, not Japanese.</p><p>The importance and significance of the number of claws or toes depends on the period and region. Since this is probably a replica of an older one, probably intended to be worn at the Imperial court, it has the importance and significance of the original one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Confusion arises when people apply the same rules to post-imperial period dragons, or dragons that were out of imperial reach, so to speak. Or from a different time or region altogether.</p><p>That is why I usually say, forget about the claws. Look at the bigger picture. If that gives you any reason to study the how and why of the number of claws, then by all means do so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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