of oblong shape, carved in openwork with a branch bearing a peach, pomegranate and lychee, the sanduo amongst flowers and foliage, the stone of a grayish celadon color with russet highlights, wood stand (2)

Collection of Robert von Hirsch, prior to 1977, thence by descent.

There are loses to two sections of the edge one, approx. 1 1/8 in., (3 cm) long, the other visible only from the underside approx. 1 in (2.5 cm) long. The underside with small sections missing branches, and overall with scattered minor nicks to the extremities.
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The sanduo (Three Abundances) are the peach, pomegranate and lychee. The peaches symbolize long life; the pomegranates and lychee an abundance of sons and grandsons.