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Vlad
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    June 27, 2010 at 08:57 AMReply with quote#1

I wonder if somebody would care to advise or at least to guess on the subject of this recent aquisition of mine?

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chonchon
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    June 27, 2010 at 09:52 AMReply with quote#2

That's a fairly thin one, Vlad, but I love the curvature of it.

He seems to have the 'Lindo' Mon on his chest. Have you considered The Tale of Genji?
http://webworld.unesco.org/genji/en/part_3/42-161.shtml

or Sugawara no Michizane?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugawara_no_Michizane

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    June 27, 2010 at 10:11 AMReply with quote#3

Thank you, chochon. I will go into my cave and diget now...


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