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四 41. Openwork pendant in the form of a continuous lingzhi branch, with nine fruits, one with a low relief open-winged bat, several of the

十 large fruits with seeds naturalistically carved, the stone white, the bat russet.

一 2 ¾ inches, 7 cm long.

Qianlong, 1736-1795.
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芝 • From the collection of Dr. Stephen Chase.
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蝠 • A similar lingzhi and bat pendant, from a private Beijing collection, is illustrated by Wang Qing Lu in Gu Yu Qing Hua, ‘The
墜 Catalogue of Best Old Jades’, no. 333, p. 206.

• Lingzhi fungus and bat, fu, form the rebus fuzhi xinling, ‘May your mind be clear when blessings arrive.’ The lingzhi is both a

白 rebus for intelligence, ling, and arrive, zhi; the bat, fu, is a pun for blessings. Lingzhi is believed to be a naturally growing sacred
玉 fungus and a symbol of longevity and wish fulfilment.

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Stephen Chase

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