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29-127-1539

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-1539
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Daoist Immortals
Description

Obv. 百福禄壽 Bai Fu Lu Shou (A hundred happinesses, Emoluments, Long Life). Characters in ornate circles, Emblems (vase and halberd, bat, ingot and brush, sceptre) in between. A rebus for ping ji fu bi ding ru yi - Peace, Good Fortune, Happiness, Certainly, As you wish. Rev. Clouds with pavilion. On the isles of the Eastern Sea, Immortals conversing on a terrace. Possibly Song or Yuan.

Credit Line Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902
Other Number 11464 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number

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