Posted 06/13/2012 02:16 am
I would call it a fake- look at the difference in the denticles between the dragon side- all comparatively long and more or less even, and the denticles on the script side- some long, some short, the weakness and filling in the central Manchu characters, while much higher relief sections are clear, and the spacing of the bottom characters- it should have several more characters there, and some of the background looks like they were not removed too cleanly. On the dragon side- the spacing and height of the lettering, and the poor quality roundels. Check the metal- is it silver? The colour suggests maybe not.
