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Wow!

Would love to know the story of how it got there, the people who owned it and how it came to be preserved.

9 posted on 11/15/2014 4:58:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)

Would love to know the story of how it got there

The most obvious answer would be via the Silk Road; there was a spur from the east end of the Silk Road in Xian that went through Manchuria and the Korean peninsula to Japan, ending in Nara.

12 posted on 11/15/2014 5:06:18 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)

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18 posted on 11/15/2014 5:24:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)

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