Quote:
Originally Posted by dogdream
What? You're telling me the Chinese make fakes?
(thanks)
|
Was that sarcasm?
There's loads of cheap antique knock-offs from china and elsewhere knocking around. The literal translation of the kanji is as you say, but it has a multitude of legitimate readings as people names and place names. Still, the whole carving looks a little sloppy to me, I don't think the quality is that great.
Certainly not so usual to see this kind of dog in Japanese art though. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a peke-type dog in traditional Japanese art before, least not that I remember.