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of time—
sometimes used as a symbol for very long periods
ten thousand
literally, years."
No. 41. Swastika in lozenge-shaped symbol.
No. 42. Swastika in square. It appears also in circles and
other
shapes.
No. 43. Bat. But on is sometimes
porcelain represented
in a more conventionalized form, see Nos. 44 and 45, which
are taken from No. 397 ; in one case the wings are turned up,
and in the other down, the tail being in the shape of a
head. No. 45 be intended for a
joo-e may butterfly.
No. 46. Water-bowl. The Buddhist worthies are often
with this in their hands. Buddhist on
represented priests,
their induction, are presented with a gown, a staff, a water-
bowl, and a begging-bowl for food.
Nos. 47, 48. Fungus {Che). An emblem of longevity (see
also No. 334).
No. 49. Bat and peach, emblems of happiness and
"
longevity. Franks, p. 218 : The whole symbolizes the
sentence, Full shoiv shwang cliuen, a twofold perpetuation of
and
happiness longevity."
No. 50. This was called by Jacquemart the sacred axe ; but
"
Sir A. W. Franks, at It is stated to be a
p. 215, says, symbol,
Full, which was embroidered on the lower of the emperor's
sacrificial robes (see Williams' Dictionary, p. 155). Perhaps
it was used as an
equivalent for Full, happiness."
No. 51. 332 : " The ornament which
Sceptre. Davis, vol. i. p.
has sometimes, for want of a better name, been called a
sceptre,
is, in fact, an emblem of amity and goodwill, of a shape less
bent than the letter S, about inches in and
eighteen length,
cut from the jade or yu stone. It is called joo-ee, i as you wish,'
and as a mark of
is
simply exchanged costly friendship ; but
that it had a seems indicated the sacred
religious origin by
flower of the lotus (nympheea nelumbo) being generally carved
on the end."
superior
No. 52. Franks, 218: "An ornament
Sceptre-head. p.
found on the borders of vases. It
frequently porcelain pro-
the head of the of
bably represents sceptre longevity, Joo-e,
derived from the and occurs as a mark on blue and
fungus,
"
white." Again, on p. 246 : Though not strictly an emblem
of it may be well to mention the Joo-e, which is
longevity,