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The current figure on exhibit at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, circa 1896 to 1910
                                            ᕴሠި☼ᑞ    ⦰    ໝ㡣〴ᑞ܂ࡘᦆⳔ⻒ښḵ㩉ൢᠹˮ



            This figure is exceptionally well-carved with details meticulously
            rendered, particularly evident on the thread-like, silky beard
            and graceful folds of the robe. Very few carved figures from the
            Qing dynasty are of such substantial size, and the jade boulder
            is extraordinarily even in tone, well-polished with a soft sheen.
            While Shoulao represents the Star God of Longevity in the
            Daoist Pantheon, the deer accompanying him in this carving is
            a homophone for  lu, ‘wealth’; and the bat hovering above is a
            homophone for fu, ‘happiness’. Together, the imagery represents
            Longevity, Wealth and Happiness.
            A slightly smaller white jade carving of a Luohan (23.7 cm.),
            similarly carved with a voluminous robe with multiple folds, is  in
            the Qing Court Collection and now in the Palace Museum (fig. 1),
            illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
            Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, no. 108. Compare also
            a smaller white jade carving (15.5 cm.) depicting the Star God
            of Longevity and Star God of Happiness together, also from the
            same collection, illustrated ibid., no. 106.
            Ⅽἔ८㢯ˏ⒩ஔ⡁́䢲๽ᆾኋᙈǏ܃ᆾᇝᖓ䢲᳦૓⡁ྋㅿ䣁ᕖ͗㶏
            ϯҞ䢲㶏チ㦈Ǚ⎰ǚ䢲૓⡁ᕱᖓ˖ᑜᕖⷻ⸂㨑⧒䢲⸂チ㦈Ǚ⎼ǚ䢲
            ˕⡅♼ܐᆓ⎼⎰૓˕ᒩ䢲㧍ᖏ⎟Ὴǐ૓⡁⇂㆟ჴ⎟䢲㢯๼★♢䢲⻞
            ⻿㨈ᵁ⩮ؽ䢲㭿㮋⛪ᚆ♢⥲䢲ἔㇲ঑٘᦯ᯍ䢲Ⅽଫ֘⣹䢲ଫ᢬ോഢ
            ૯ⅲ᪹́͞ḵἔ㢯ഓ൲㢼ྴˏ⿉ǐ

            ᪹೫⧃ⳉˏͬₙറⅲⅭἔ⟕ᮗᏈͬ䢮    Ռֱ䢯䢲⻞⻿ۢ㤚ೲⅲ㢯
            ח㧰ᙂ⧀ᕴͬ⇂㏩䢲ήⳉᐅ೫๼ښḵ㡗䢲⮏㙼ᑞᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉᐷḵ
            ὊިՈ㢣Ǘἔࣰ䢮˗䢯ǘ䢲㪁᫓䢲    ໝ䢲ॱ   ⴽ䢮ॱˏ䢯䣁۷
            ᕖˏͬ⎼ᒩ૓ᒩ㢯ח䢮    Ռֱ䢯䢲⿉עዻᕊ䢲ॱ   ⴽǐ







                                                                      fig. 1  Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
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