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三 35. Pendant carved in low relief with a standing boy holding a lingzhi branch aloft, beneath openwork scrolls joined by

十 stylised rings and between long pendant tassels, the reverse with a large fruiting branch of lingzhi, the stone white.

五 2 1/16 inches, 5.2 cm long.

Qianlong, 1736-1795.
童

子 • From a private Far Eastern collection, purchased in Hong Kong in 1989.
祝
壽 • A similar pendant, in the Qing Court collection, is illustrated by Zhang Guang Wen in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
牌 the Palace Museum, Jadeware (II), no. 68, p. 100; another is illustrated by Yang Li Juan in The Deep Affection for Jade, The ROC
Society of Art Collectors, no. 162, pp. 214/5; a further example, in the British Museum, only with lingzhi, is illustrated by

白 Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, no. 25:34, pp. 346/7.
玉 • The boy is a symbol of a wish for many offspring and the lingzhi is a symbol for longevity.

乾
隆

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