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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 3978210, member: 51&quot;]This was at the thrift.&nbsp; I felt it had some nice quality so purchased it even though one of the ceramic bells on the collar has broken off.&nbsp; Numbers embossed on base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doing a bit of research I came across similar with keywords &quot;Kutani&quot; and &quot;Meiji&quot;.&nbsp; I would not have thought that old, and there seems to be a range for these. But have to say mine feels like it has some quality and the embossed numbers on the base made me take a chance.&nbsp; I found it&#039;s exact match listed as Kutani Meiji, for a pretty high asking price (taking that with a grain of salt, link at end of post), but there are a number somewhat similar in the several hundred dollar asking price range, but then ones that don&#039;t seem to have the same quality or are smaller with similar keywords for less.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know absolutely ZERO about these, actually put it in my cart right away, noticed the damage on the bell, put it back on the shelf and then when making a 2nd loop around the store saw it again just said, &quot;this thing has some quality&quot; and back in the cart it went.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324311[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]324312[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324313[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Former owner had some kind of protection tape on the base, but it is crumbling off.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324315[/ATTACH]</p><p>Close up of the number on the base:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324316[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]324317[/ATTACH]</p><p>Missing bell:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324318[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324319[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here is the link, this guy is very close, with slightly different coloring on the fur:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/586567-RL-0001228/Large-Antique-19th-century-Japanese-Meiji" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/586567-RL-0001228/Large-Antique-19th-century-Japanese-Meiji" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubylane.com/item/586567-RL-0001228/Large-Antique-19th-century-Japanese-Meiji</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever handled anything like this?&nbsp; Curious what I bought.&nbsp; Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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