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三 32. Openwork pendant of circular form with central fan-shaped panel with chamfered corners, carved with a prancing deer holding a

十 fruiting lingzhi branch in its mouth, with stars on its body and delicate hairwork along its mane, back and tail, recessed within a frame

二 between an open-winged bat and stylised ruyi-clouds, the reverse with a relief large shou character, the stone pale celadon.

2 ⅜ inches, 6.1 cm diameter.
瑞 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
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銜 • From an English private collection.
芝 • A related pendant carved with a boy holding a vase, the reverse with a double xi character, also within a shaped frame with cloud
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字 ends, is illustrated by Zhao Gui Ling in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, Vol. 9, Qing Dynasty, Gu Gong
紋 Inventory no. Gu 90753, no. 249, p. 245.

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