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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4324414, member: 56"]Agree. The one bit does seem to say Flying Horse. Maybe a souvenir from China.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apropos to nothing at all: When I've seen pictures of the figure in the past, it has always been called "Flying Horse": a horse poised on a swallow to symbolize flying. It's odd to me that the link I posted says "treading" on a swallow, which has a different connotation to my ear. I'll write it off to an unfortunate translation. So far as I know, the piece in the link is the source object for the panel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4324414, member: 56"]Agree. The one bit does seem to say Flying Horse. Maybe a souvenir from China. Apropos to nothing at all: When I've seen pictures of the figure in the past, it has always been called "Flying Horse": a horse poised on a swallow to symbolize flying. It's odd to me that the link I posted says "treading" on a swallow, which has a different connotation to my ear. I'll write it off to an unfortunate translation. So far as I know, the piece in the link is the source object for the panel.[/QUOTE]
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