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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 264723, member: 2844"]or for a tripod censer:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F0a%2F7f%2Ff3%2F0a7ff36a6ffdf87be694c670802d604a.jpg&sp=2f36b5da70289995457c9c90607fb981" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The symbols are the dragon (male) and the phoenix (female), a classic Chinese combination for harmony, the balance between yin and yang, female and male. They are also symbols of the emperor (dragon) and empress (phoenix).</p><p>The round shape between them is the Buddhist pearl of wisdom.</p><p>Something like these censers could be somewhere else in the house, see if it fits:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F236x%2F75%2Fd1%2F21%2F75d1217fa075883b0c0ada8d787c144d--chinese-ceramics-jun.jpg&sp=e7ad398bbc399a5ebed49356c20bed6f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christies.com%2Flotfinderimages%2FD53174%2Fa_chinese_bronze_tripod_censer_18th_19th_century_d5317403g.jpg&sp=25878f57129e491c4d493871037760ac" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 264723, member: 2844"]or for a tripod censer: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F0a%2F7f%2Ff3%2F0a7ff36a6ffdf87be694c670802d604a.jpg&sp=2f36b5da70289995457c9c90607fb981[/IMG] The symbols are the dragon (male) and the phoenix (female), a classic Chinese combination for harmony, the balance between yin and yang, female and male. They are also symbols of the emperor (dragon) and empress (phoenix). The round shape between them is the Buddhist pearl of wisdom. Something like these censers could be somewhere else in the house, see if it fits: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F236x%2F75%2Fd1%2F21%2F75d1217fa075883b0c0ada8d787c144d--chinese-ceramics-jun.jpg&sp=e7ad398bbc399a5ebed49356c20bed6f[/IMG] [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christies.com%2Flotfinderimages%2FD53174%2Fa_chinese_bronze_tripod_censer_18th_19th_century_d5317403g.jpg&sp=25878f57129e491c4d493871037760ac[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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