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21st June 2011, 09:57 PM
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The coral or precious stone tip mounting is not common but not unusual.
Most common it is coral for Ottoman pieces. Here's very nicely-done coral mounting. My interpretation: it signifies fire coming out of the dragon's mouth... and, as Dom correctly noticed, gem stones just look good:-) |
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