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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 278540, member: 2844&quot;]Sounds and looks good, I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if this was late Qing.</p><p>Five claws on a dragon is a reference to the emperor. However, the top dragon is not a heavenly or imperial dragon, but a so-called forest dragon, a fancy name for a gecko. That means the number of claws is not relevant.</p><p>The whole claw thing is best forgotten. Westerners love to fantasize about it, as if it could mean it was once owned by an emperor, but the chance of coming across an item like that is extremely small.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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