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Central bank denies cat images in its 100-yuan note
By Li Qian |
February 8, 2012, Wednesday
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THE People's Bank of China has denied the allegations that its 100-yuan note contained cat images, saying the pattern was copied from an ancient lacquer ware.
It has aroused public curiosity after someone claimed on the Internet that three cats were printed near the head of Mao Zedong on the 100-yuan note, one with an open mouth and staring eyes, the other two bowing on their knees.
The central bank said the pattern was copied from a lacquer ware dating from the Warring States Period (476-221 BC) and unearthed in central Hubei Province.
The cloud pattern is part of the background of the 100-yuan banknote instead of an anti-forgery feature, the bank said.
"The pattern shows perfect symmetry, typical of decorative designs during the Warring States Period. No cat images were ever found in artifacts from that period," antique expert Zhang Yang told the Beijing News.
"The (banknote) designer might have changed the original pattern," Zhang said.
It has aroused public curiosity after someone claimed on the Internet that three cats were printed near the head of Mao Zedong on the 100-yuan note, one with an open mouth and staring eyes, the other two bowing on their knees.
The central bank said the pattern was copied from a lacquer ware dating from the Warring States Period (476-221 BC) and unearthed in central Hubei Province.
The cloud pattern is part of the background of the 100-yuan banknote instead of an anti-forgery feature, the bank said.
"The pattern shows perfect symmetry, typical of decorative designs during the Warring States Period. No cat images were ever found in artifacts from that period," antique expert Zhang Yang told the Beijing News.
"The (banknote) designer might have changed the original pattern," Zhang said.
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