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Vintage Ceramic Chinese Fertility Peanut Shaped Covered Bowl Dish W/Nuts Inside
$ 311.51
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Description
Vintage4.5 inches long
no chips or breaks
has 2 ceramic nuts inside
Chinese Ceramic Peanut Form Box & Cover with Two Peanuts Figural Peanut Shell Sculpture Box Marked Feng Shei Fertility Symbol for Newlyweds
he base molded with a three-character apocryphal Kangxi mark. It reads 康熙年, or "Kangxi reign" (until 1722), although we have been unable to determine the exact age.
Used as gift to newlyweds, to symbolize good birth. The Chinese word 生 in 花生(peanuts) is homophonic with ‘birth."
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