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Old White Jade Studious Boy Pei Pendant Toggle #832441

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Old White Jade Studious Boy Pei Pendant Toggle  #832441
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> </em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> This lovely studious lucky boy was carved from a piece of fine-grained Sinkiang Mutton Fat White Jade mined in the Hotan region of Sinkiang province. This lucky boy is holding a string on bamboo sheet book in his hand. A Money Bat is resting on his shoulder. This kind of toggle was very popular among the dudes during the Ching Dynasty. The parents give a toggle like this to their kids to express their high expectations for their kids that they become hardworking and have excellent performance at school. 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 here believe that the bat is a symbol of happiness and it would bring happiness to people who wear it. Bat is also one of the eight auspicious animals in China. The sinkiang white jade once also called Hetian jade (due to its origin in Hetian, Sinkiang), Mutton fat jade and Kuenluen jade is is ...
<a href="http://www.goantiques.com/liveauction/complete_description.jsp?id=1209859" target=_new><b>View Complete Description</b></a> </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: AA06030307</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:18th</td></tr><tr><td>Country:China</td></tr><tr><td>Height:3.2</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:1.1</td></tr><tr><td>Width:1.4</td></tr><tr><td>Weight:0.15</td></tr><tr><td>Title:Old White Jade Studious Boy Pei Pendant Toggle </td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Hotan Jade</td></tr><tr><td>Type:Hand Carved</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr></table>