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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3408757, member: 56"]I tend to think it's decorative just because that is usually the case. But the decorative item wouldn't exist if there wasn't some real thing to act as prototype. A look at the thing in full, including the entire frame, and a look at the back might help. How big is it? I'm guessing Chinese, Japanese, Far East... like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess if this is a Dharmapala, it would be Tibetan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3408757, member: 56"]I tend to think it's decorative just because that is usually the case. But the decorative item wouldn't exist if there wasn't some real thing to act as prototype. A look at the thing in full, including the entire frame, and a look at the back might help. How big is it? I'm guessing Chinese, Japanese, Far East... like that. I guess if this is a Dharmapala, it would be Tibetan.[/QUOTE]
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