QUOTE(Yang Zongbao @ Nov 1 2005, 07:47 PM) [snapback]4768233[/snapback]
They look WAY too fantasyish to be real. Might be wrong though.
same opinion (though there's been lots of crazy things that are real too)
it' also made of copper
if it was armor/weapon then wouldn't copper be a rather useless metal? Then it is some kind of decoration
It looks really neat though, I like how spikes come out from the back of the hand.
Look through the other items he has for sale and see if those also seem authentic.
I saw a 'Qing dynasty samurai statue, bronze' which seems... well, doesn't seem like something the Qing would do.