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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9579049, member: 8267&quot;]Your box is most probably Chinese, and not particularly old. Chinese artisans are very skilled at making items that look old, as they are more popular with western buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your box may have been made to mark the &quot;year of the horse&quot;, one of the named years in the 12 year cycle of the traditional Chinese zodiac. (The most recent were 1966, 1978, 1190, 2002, 2014.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A rough google translation of some of the interior text seems to be phrases for happiness, prosperity and such.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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