Fu-Lu Shou-Hsi #2

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No. Flsh/11

 

Weight: 12 grams/3+ maces

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 喜

 

Hsi (Happiness)

Notes:

Collection of the webmaster

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No. Flsh/12

 

Weight: 36 grams/1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 福

 

Fu (Luck)

Notes:

Collection of the webmaster

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Flsh/13

Weight: 345 grams/9+ taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 招財進寶/財

Attracting Fortune

Fortune

 

Notes:  

 

Featured in a Jiangsi Square

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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Flsh/14

Weight: 42 grams/1.2 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 祿

Fortune or Promotion

Notes:  

 

Featured in a Kueichow Tea Blossom

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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Flsh/15

Weight: 10 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 囍

 

Happiness

 

Notes:  

 

Featured in a Jiangsi Square

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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Flsh/16

Weight: 1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 壽

 

Longevity

 

Notes:  

 

Featured in a Jiangsi Square

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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Flsh/17

Weight: 4 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 福魁

 

Best among all lucks

 

Notes:  

 

Featured in a Shaansi Groove

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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No. Flsh/18

Weight: 1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 福

 

Fu (Luck)

Notes:

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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No. Flsh/19

Weight: 147 grams/4 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 囍  舉案齊眉

 

Happiness

 

Harmony to the married couple

Notes:

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

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No. Flsh/20

Weight: 36 grams/1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions:

 

Symbols of "福" and "壽".

 

Notes:

Feature of a "Bat" (pronounced as "Fu", the same as another character "福" meaning "luck" or "fortune") on each side, and a character "壽" (Shou) in the middle. This piece is believed to be a presentation silver blessing Fu and Shou-Luck and Longevity.

Use of the bat symbol as a metaphor of good luck began from somtime in the Ching Dynasty, it is difficult to determine a specific date. However, it was commonly seen in various Chinese folk arts during the Tong Zhi (同治, 1862-1874) period.

The inscriptions of this piece were done by engraving, and the workmanship is very delicate. The base silver is in a neat shape, unlike others in irregularities. This piece may, perhaps, be cast by a royal or noble.

Also seen in the sycee collection of the British Museum, Nr. XVII.1293. (Joe Cribb, "A Catalogue of Chinese Sycee in the British Museum")

Collection of the webmaster

 

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