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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1903463, member: 38849&quot;]Agreed -- likely a fantasy piece, which happens to show a 5-clawed dragon:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...Historically, the dragon was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol" rel="nofollow">symbol</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" rel="nofollow">Emperor of China</a>. In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Dynasty" rel="nofollow">Zhou Dynasty</a>, the 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperors_of_China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperors_of_China" rel="nofollow">Son of Heaven</a>, the 4-clawed dragon to the nobles (<i>zhuhou</i>, seigneur), and the 3-clawed dragon to the ministers (<i>daifu</i>). In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Dynasty" rel="nofollow">Qin Dynasty</a>, the 5-clawed foot dragon was assigned to represent the Emperor while the 4-clawed and 3-clawed dragons were assigned to the commoners.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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