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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1859375, member: 55"]Maybe I'm confused....but are there ANY holes other than the hole - or spot- under his chin? Are the nose holes pierced all the way through, or the "hole" under the chin? </p><p>If there are <u>no</u> holes other than the one under the chin, then, as a ceramic item, presumably fired, it would need an air hole of some sort to avoid exploding in the kiln.</p><p>If there is a big hole underneath, not shown in the photos, and the nose holes are pierced, then I do like the incense burner theory.</p><p>Maybe it used to have a flat base piece, now missing; the incense sat on that, and the ox was placed over it; smoke came out the nose.</p><p>And the spot under the chin is just a spot, not a hole? Maybe.</p><p>A photo of the underside might confirm that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1859375, member: 55"]Maybe I'm confused....but are there ANY holes other than the hole - or spot- under his chin? Are the nose holes pierced all the way through, or the "hole" under the chin? If there are [U]no[/U] holes other than the one under the chin, then, as a ceramic item, presumably fired, it would need an air hole of some sort to avoid exploding in the kiln. If there is a big hole underneath, not shown in the photos, and the nose holes are pierced, then I do like the incense burner theory. Maybe it used to have a flat base piece, now missing; the incense sat on that, and the ox was placed over it; smoke came out the nose. And the spot under the chin is just a spot, not a hole? Maybe. A photo of the underside might confirm that.[/QUOTE]
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