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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10261003, member: 2844"]Bone Foo lion ('dog') with brocade ball, indicating that it is a male lion. The brocade ball symbolizes the pearl of wisdom. Female Foo lions have a small cub with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It came from a necklace similar to the one you posted. These were popular ca 1980.</p><p>So not a netsuke or okimono.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10261003, member: 2844"]Bone Foo lion ('dog') with brocade ball, indicating that it is a male lion. The brocade ball symbolizes the pearl of wisdom. Female Foo lions have a small cub with them. It came from a necklace similar to the one you posted. These were popular ca 1980. So not a netsuke or okimono.[/QUOTE]
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