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Sinkiang Mutton Fat Hotan White Jade Pig Monk #832433

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Sinkiang Mutton Fat Hotan White Jade Pig Monk #832433
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> </em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> This Smiling Pig Monk was carved from a piece of fine-grained Sinking Mutton Fat White Jade Gemstone more than 200 years ago by a Chinese master. The Pig Monk is called Zhu Ba Jie in the novel A JOURNEY TO THE WEST by Wu ChengÂ?en. The Pig Monk is holding his belly like a treasure and a Dragon is crouching on his body. There is a banana leaf fan on his back. Zhu Ba Jie is the pig-monk, a character cast out of heaven for his love of women and reincarnated as a fat pig. This love was used by the evil animals to trick Zhu Ba Jie into accepting the sumptuous meals they had prepared for him, as they shapeshifted into beautiful young women to come entice him with food. Fat and lazy, Ba Jie fell asleep while the sly Shen stole away the young prince. </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: AA06030302</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:18th</td></tr><tr><td>Country:China</td></tr><tr><td>Height:2.8</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:0.9</td></tr><tr><td>Width:1.4</td></tr><tr><td>Weight:0.15</td></tr><tr><td>Title:Sinkiang Mutton Fat Hotan White Jade Pig Monk</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Hotan Jade</td></tr><tr><td>Type:Hand Carved</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Canton</td></tr></table>