17TH/18TH CENTURY

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AN OPAQUE BEIGE AND BLACKISH-BROWN JADE MONKEY AND SACK PENDANT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The pendant is well carved as a monkey perched on the opening of a large bag tied with a bow on one side that secures a branch of tree peony on the reverse, where a small wasp is also carved in relief.
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Washington D.C., in the early 1970s.

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Lot Essay

According to T.T. Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2006, a monkey (hou) and a bag (dai) convey the wish, wandai fenghou, "may every generation be given the title marquis". The addition of the wasp (feng) reinforces this wish.

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