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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1980209, member: 38849&quot;]Fat guys were highly respected in China; it meant they were rich and could buy plenty of food.&nbsp; Could be the God of mulch-spreading, something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t even have a good guess on the time period of this piece.&nbsp; My odds are 60% for the 1800s, 40% for the 1900s.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be interested to see exactly what it is.&nbsp; I hope it&#039;s not a modernistic fantasy token sold on Alibaba.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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