So, how do these chairs compare with the museum-quality one. Good from afar, but far from good? I couldn’t quite decipher the symbol carved on the back of the chair. Definitely did not appear to be anything I’ve seen before on any antique Chinese furniture. Oh, I found those chairs at Target. I also saw terracotta soldier replicas as well.
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Hard to see the symbol in the photo but the stuff looks pretty average in quality. Often these larger “factories” will just pump out product in large volume and therefore typically are not true to form – in other words, the symbol really could be anything. It really all depends on which worker added it and what he felt like doing on that day… You can check out the chairs on our own site at http://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com where you will see the same thing occurs…
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