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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayBee, post: 2182478, member: 9259&quot;]Right order of characters is 康熙年制, or Kang Xi nian zhi, i.e., made in the year of Kang Xi.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t tell from pictures if the real thing or not. Could well be a copy as Chinese are experts at making both good and bad copies of everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting detail on Chinese dragon depictions: from what I know, 5 toes/claws on&nbsp; dragons were reserved for pieces destined to the emperor/imperial palace. Everything else had to have only four toes/claws... Or heads would roll! That&#039;s one of the ways of finding out how valuable a piece is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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