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13.9 Inch Imperial Green Jade Ginseng Peanut #843479

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13.9 Inch Imperial Green Jade Ginseng Peanut #843479
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> </em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> This Extremely auspicious Ginseng, Peanut& Ruyi Brings Happy Life statue was carved from a piece of fine grained imperial green jade gemstone more than 100 years ago. The green jade was unearthed recently and polished once again. It features a huge Ginseng supported by an auspicious Ruyi with a string of Cash and some peanut surrounded. The Ginseng is call Ren Sen and the Peanut is call Sheng in Chinese so the combination Ginseng, Peanut and Ruyi conveys an extremely auspicious blessing call Ren Sheng Ruyi, which means MAY YOU HAVE A HAPPY AND PLEASANT LIFE.*人生如意*. What's more the Peanut and Ruyi also means MAY YOUR BIZ BOOMS. A lucky money bat is crouching on the head of the Ruyi with a string of Fengshui coins' company. There are auspicious cloud carved around also. The bat is sort of auspicious animal in China. Bats and gourds were used as subjects for more than 100 patterns because the Chinese words "bat" and "gourd" sound like "good fortune" in Chinese. When a bat was carved on an ancient coin with a hole, it meant that fortune was at hand; bats coupled with birthday peaches referred to fortune and longevity; bats mixed with sika, birthday peaches and magpies were also considered good omens. These beliefs reflected the ancient Chinese people's yearning for a happy life and revealed the essence of China's traditional culture. In Chinese language the word bat is pronounced FU 蝠, and the word happiness is also pronounced FU 福. So people ...
<a href="http://www.goantiques.com/liveauction/complete_description.jsp?id=1219550" target=_new><b>View Complete Description</b></a> </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: AA06030101</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:1950</td></tr><tr><td>Country:China</td></tr><tr><td>Height:10.4</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:4.8</td></tr><tr><td>Width:13.9</td></tr><tr><td>Weight:6.39</td></tr><tr><td>Title:13.9 Inch Imperial Green Jade Ginseng Peanut</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Jade</td></tr><tr><td>Type:Hand Carved</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr></table>