TWO SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FRUIT-FORM PENDANTS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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TWO SMALL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FRUIT-FORM PENDANTS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One is carved in the round as three mandarin oranges borne on a leafy branch, with areas of pale russet color on the sides of two of the fruit, and the curved body of a bird carved around the side of the third orange. The smaller pendant is carved as a large and two small persimmons combined with a small bat and a stem of lingzhi. There is russet color on the bottom of the largest fruit.
2 1/8 and 1¾ in. (5.4 and 4.5 cm.) across (2)

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Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

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Mandarin oranges (daju) are plentiful during the lunar New Year and when pronounced daji, is a pun for 'good fortune.'
Three persimmons, lishi sanbei, represent the wish, 'may your business enjoy a threefold prosperity,' and persimmons when combined with lingzhi represent the wish, shishi ruyi, 'may everything be as you wish.'