Artwork

Calabash-shaped pendant of tourmaline with a jadeite knot

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Qing Dynasty
Length: 3.6cm
Width: 3.1cm
Thickness: 1.4cm

This calabash-shaped pendant has another two small calabashes carved in relief on its surface, with vines and leaves in between. A crouching bat on the calabash symbolizes "the more children, the greater happiness". There are silk ribbons tied with a jadeite knot between two units of seed pearls attached to the top.

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