DIA300mm, Hong Kong
This jade necklace has a certain tribal touch.
The spike like jade as known as white chicken bone jade.
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DIA85mm, China
A jade carved bracelet.
The pattern of the bracelet comes from a bundle of twisted yarn, a pattern that became popular as far back as the Warring State period.
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DIA150mm, Hong Kong
The jade pendent of this necklace is in the form of a double phoenix pattern. The phoenix is a mythical bird, symbolizing world peace. The female phoenix is called feng (鳳); in the oracle bone script the word also mean the wind (風). The male phoenix is huang (凰), meaning the emperor the supreme being.
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W45xH50mm, China
A pendant of the word “Fu” – good fortune.
The Buddhists believe that good fortune is under one’s control. For a person at lost, good fortune is far from one’s life, there is only suffering. These sufferings comes from ignorance, attachment, and aversion; to get rid of suffering, one would need to eliminate desire and greed, by doing so one will be arrived to good fortune.
W220xH300mm, Hong Kong
Dragon is a symbol for the Chinese emperor. It is believed that a long long time ago, the emperor he asked for a cauldron to be made as a record of his achievement. Ceremony was organised for the revealing of the cauldron and all the citizen as well as the saints are invited. The cauldron was over 3m tall, glittering bronze surface with a casting of a dragon flying through the cloud. While everyone is admiring the cauldron, the sky darkened, looking up they saw a dragon flying towards cauldron. Having completed all his tasks on earth, the emperor rode on the dragon and returned to the sky.
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DIA200mm, Hong Kong
The pair of babies next to the jade plaque are known as Happy Encounter, a romantic blessing symbol. They are holding a lotus flower 蓮, has the same pronunciation (lian) as the word 年 yearly. In the old days, with a high motility rate and the idea of continuing the family tree, having as many children is wish by many. Below the figurines hang a xiu qiu which is a traditional romantic keepsake.
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W60xH75xD10mm, China
Before the appearance of the iphone, a treaured object that would be kept in the pocket, hang by the waist. An object that one would take out in idle moments to gaze upon, to touch and to cherish.
DIA140mm, China
This delicate gold plated carving used to be a hat decoration. Until the Qing dynasty hat was seen as a status symbol, worn by only the Emperor and the high ranking officials, commoners are forbidden to wear hats and usual tie their hair with a piece of cloth. It was until the Qing dynasty that hats became an item for all, though their style and details are still well defined by the social levels. On its hundredth day birthday, a baby would be given a hat which is constructed a bit like the beach ball, bind by 6 equal wedges of cloth. The 6s represented the sky, the earth and the four directions. On this hat a decorative ornament would be place over the forehead, an ornament of good wishes; the eight immortals, longevity, luo han, etc.
This particular decoration has the theme of a Zhuang Yuan, the scholar who came top in the examination.
A wish for scholarly, prosperity, loyalty to the country, everything parents would wish for their child.
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DIA120mm, China
These fine strings which looks like rice noodles are hand woven strings.
Click on the photo and you can see the details of the knots carefully tied together.
The jade pendant of the necklace came from the form of an ancient head piece.
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DIA130mm, China
The pendant is of a different version of the Ye Le Li featured earlier in the blog. Ye Le Li was used as a status identification object, a decoration that is hang by the waist.
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