981038

White Honey Jade Dragon Mouse Pendant Carving #981038

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White Honey Jade Dragon Mouse Pendant Carving #981038
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This Dragon Mouse Toggle was carved from Natural Nephrite White Jade Gemstone mined in Hetian Town of China. The master who made this piece took advantage of its natural color to incised a Dragon giving Teaching to a Mouse on the skin of the gemstone. So the figures are of honey color. It conveys a traditional idiom in China 望子成龙( Wang Zi Cheng Long) which means holding high hopes for one?s child. 望 Wang means Hope, Zi 子 means Child, Cheng 成 means Become, Long 龙 means Dragon. So literally 望子成龙 means hoping the child become a dragon. If you know more about Chinese dragon, you would understand this idiom better! In China the Mouse is called Zi 子 also. So a dragon and a mouse means holding high hopes for one's child. 
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:China</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:2.7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:1.6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:0.35</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:White Honey Jade Dragon Mouse Pendant Carving</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:White Jade</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Hand Carved </td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Guangzhou, Canton</td></tr>
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