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Foreign art of old, fake French china (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

origami

'foreign art' is the definition.

'old fake french china' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'fake' becomes 'rig'.
'french china' becomes 'ami' ('friend' in French - china is slang for friend).
'o'+'rig'+'ami'='ORIGAMI'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for origami that I've seen before include "It's crafty folding" , "Paper-folding skill" , "newspaper folded?" , "folding process" , "Artwork with paper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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