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三 33. Rectangular pendant with indented edges and chamfered corners, recessed in the frame and carved in low relief with a boy holding
十 a vase with a branch of lingzhi while rowing a raft, above waves, all between ruyi-head clouds, the reverse with a relief square four-
三 character seal mark zai lai hua jia, ‘Bringing the sixtieth year’, within a square, the stone white.
童 2 ¼ inches, 5.7 cm long; 1 ⅞ inches, 4.8 cm wide.
子
Qianlong, 1736-1795.
祝 • From the collection of Raoul Baude (1883-1968), acquired in China in the early 20th century, and thence by descent.
壽 • A pendant with a lady steering a raft with a similar four character mark on reverse, was included by Marchant in their 85th
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anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, 2010, no. 71, p. 96.
白 • It has been suggested that pendants with this subject and mark were given as sixtieth birthday presents. The sixtieth year
玉 expressed in the mark can also be a reference to the sixty year cycle; therefore these may be longevity gifts.
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