Seal (Object)
81-23-46A
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 81-23-46A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone | Rosewood |
| Iconography | Lu Xing | Bat | Deer | Lingzhi | Sun | Peach | Child |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | A rosewood (hung-mu) box (C) with inset of nephrite jade and a lid (D). Inside the box are a pair of seals made of steatite in the form of horned lions with cubs. The raised seal (B) has nicer calligraphy than the incised seal (A). The decoration includes a child offering a peach to the sun-god Lu Xing (祿星) who is pointing at the sun among the clouds. In upper right corner is a bat of happiness, below it is a deer and at the bottom a symbolic fungus. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981 |
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