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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 827975, member: 17118&quot;]It&#039;s a &quot;modern&quot; Chinese charm.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first image, of course, shows a dragon but if you observe closely you will see that it is a 5-clawed dragon which represents the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also two Chinese characters at the bottom but, unfortunately, the image is just too small and blurred for me to read them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your second image, showing the large Chinese character in the middle, has the charm upside-down.&nbsp; The character is <i>shou</i> which means &quot;longevity&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;design&quot; around the rim is actually five highly-stylized bats.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in Chinese charms and symbols, I discuss the meaning of the &quot;<a href="http://primaltrek.com/impliedmeaning.html#bat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/impliedmeaning.html#bat" rel="nofollow">bat</a>&quot; (happiness or good fortune), &quot;<a href="http://primaltrek.com/impliedmeaning.html#five_blessings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/impliedmeaning.html#five_blessings" rel="nofollow">five bats</a>&quot; (Five Blessings) and explain in detail an <a href="http://primaltrek.com/gourd.html#large_gourd_charm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/gourd.html#large_gourd_charm" rel="nofollow">old charm with this theme</a> at my website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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