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Subject:Help to identify an animal on a japanese plate
Posted By: john Sat, May 04, 2013 IP: 99.138.32.182 This is an animal painted on an antique japanese plate. Is it a dragon? a qilin? a pig? or something else? 
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Subject:Re: Help to identify an animal on a japanese plate
Posted By: Bill H Mon, May 06, 2013 This would look to be a "shishi" (獅子) or lion.
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Subject:Re: Help to identify an animal on a japanese plate
Posted By: john Mon, May 06, 2013 Indeed it is a lion! Thanks a lot.
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( China & Japan ) - john - May 04, 2013 (04:09 PM) 