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Lot
Number
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J000087 |
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Title |
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Jade Carving of "Lucky and Long Life" Plate |
| Date
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Qing Dynasty |
| Country
of Origin |
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China |
| Material
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Jade |
| Measurements |
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4.2 x 1.7 cm |
| Lot
Quantity |
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1 |
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| Description:
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Description (guaranteed):
I always want to have a small and beautiful plate (Lei) so that I can take with me and play with it. From the net auction, I saw this Lucky and Long Life Lei, not too expensive, so I bought it. When I got this Lei, I was so fascinated with its look. The round shaped Lei is fully caved with auspicious characters and patterns. It is a much better piece then what I could ever expect it to be.
At a first glance, there are two big characters of Lucky and Long Life. Further, it has distant mountains, implying Life is higher than the Southern Mountain, on the lower side of Lei, it carved with billow of waves, meaning more lucks than Eastern Sea. Even more, it also engraved with spirit deer representing Luck and prosperity, also with glossy ganoderma implying long life.
Such a small Lei with so many meaningful stories inside of it, do you think it is worthwhile to keep it in collection? |
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| Condition
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Condition: in good condition
勒子，又稱“蠟子”，“官名”為“勒”字左加“王”字旁，即“王勒”，有圓勒子和方勒子2種，是掛於胸前或腰間的玉飾，可單獨掛，也可與其他玉飾組合掛。圓勒子有上下一樣粗的圓狀，也有中間縮為細腰形的，或中間粗兩頭細的橄欖形的，或一頭粗一頭細的喇叭形、秤砣形等。方勒子為方柱形，與琮相似，只是大小不同。有種說法認為琮是勒子的放大，或勒子是琮的縮小，但從考古發現來看，方勒子與琮常是同地出土，故它們之間不存在相仿的問題。用作禮器的，形體須大方顯威嚴，稱琮；用作佩飾的，形體要小才方便，稱勒子。 |
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