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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 41198, member: 54&quot;]Probably Chinese but could be Pakistani or other ASIAN-Mideastern origin.&nbsp; It is quite modern-the grooves that made the fish scales were made with a very-high-speed grinder.&nbsp; Carving quality is low.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the sculptural stone that well but soapstone, onyx etc. are names used for that kind of stone depending on where it was mined.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may want to consider replacing the term &quot;oriental&quot; with &quot;Asian&quot; as it is preferred among people from Asia, unless it is a rug.&nbsp; If you advertise something nice that an Asian might want but call it &quot;oriental&quot; they might avoid it on purpose.&nbsp; Maybe someone else will be around to say whether you should sweat that &quot;cultural sensitivity&quot; detail or not.&nbsp; Please either always include size or photo it next to a 12 oz pop can or other known object.&nbsp; I get tired of asking all the newbies this but most of &#039;em learn after one or two times.&nbsp; About the third time without dimensions is just frustrating but I&#039;m not keeping a scoreboard here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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