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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9470256, member: 2844&quot;]I think your fang lei is antique, but not from the Chinese Archaic period.</p><p>Archaic bronzes like those of the Shang and Western Zhou periods are more thin-walled, and the decoration is more precise and refined.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese love history, and they began to collect antiques very early on. Because of their love of history, they also began to make replicas centuries ago. So not fakes, but replicas, or &#039;made in the style of&#039;.</p><p>Yours isn&#039;t that old, but I think it could be 19th century.</p><p>It is an impressive piece to have.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is bronze, the green is verdigris, but in this case &#039;controlled&#039; verdigris, so not harmful. Looks like it stood outside for some time, and gathered some dirt over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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