AN UNUSUAL GREYISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MONKEY
明末/清十八世紀  青玉靈猴獻壽擺件

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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明末/清十八世紀  青玉靈猴獻壽擺件
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Mrs. M. Smith Collection, Nottingham, England, acquired c. 1950.

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The monkey is one of the twelve Zodiac animals and is associated with a mischievous character. The image of a monkey holding a peach can be traced to an episode in Journey to the West, where the Monkey King steals a peach of immortality from Xiwangmu's orchard, causing turmoil in the celestial court.

Both the monkey, hou, and peaches, shoutao, are symbols of longevity, and the combination of the two form the rebus, linghou xianshou, "sacred monkey offering longevity", which expresses the wish that the owner or his descendants should have long life.

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