Featured Chinese cast iron rat?

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  1. popsycat

    popsycat Well-Known Member

    Gold leaf worn.Do you think it is Chinese? Bit of age or modern?[​IMG]
     
    popsycat, Mar 5, 2020
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  2. popsycat

    popsycat Well-Known Member

    It is one of the items in our house I am quite fond of.
     
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  3. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

    If it weren't for the tail, he's so chubby I was thinking it was a chinchilla! :joyful:
     
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  4. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Awww! He is so cute:cat:
    I think rather modern than old, bronze/gilded applied patina
     
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  5. popsycat

    popsycat Well-Known Member

    I bought him about 15 years ago. I was not sure of the age, but I thought fairly modern. It is nice though. I use him as a door stop.
     
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  6. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    He looks more like a mouse than a rat.
    He's cute.
     
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  7. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

    Love it. A mouse used for a door stop - a "Door Mouse" - just ask Alice! (Dormouse) - LOL! :)
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    good, cuz with those ears , he can hear you !!!!;):playful::playful:
     
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