OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1850

According to Terese Tse Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2006, p. 109, no. 5.7.1, the combination of a deer (lu), bird (que), monkey (hou), and wasp (feng) represents the pun, "May you receive high rank and emolument (juelu fenghou)."