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1907.52.0126 :: ask, sminkburk

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Rund ask i metall.

Enligt kataloguppgift en sminkburk.

Asken är på locket dekorerad med en ämbetsman som håller en lotus i handen och rider på det mytologiska djuret qilin. Qilin är ett mytologiskt lyckobringande djur med drakhuvud, lejonkropp, ormfjäll och hovar. Det ingår som ett av de fyra stora mytiska djuren i Kina tillsammans med draken, fenixfågeln och sköldpaddan. På asken finns också en persika som står för långt liv, Buddhas handcitron som står för lycka och långt liv, ett granatäpple som symboliserar många söner, samt ytterligare en frukt./CR

Se: Williams, C.A.S. 1976. Outlines of Chinese Symbolism & Art Motives. New York.

Object description: (nr 115). Honan Kina 411

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