Qing Dynasty Silver Necklace with Boy on QilinThe silver necklace with its all important charm is given to a bride from her mother in law. The charm with the boy on the qilin carrying a lotus is a pictorial pun symbolizing the wish to have a baby boy year after year. Other auspicious symbols in the necklace are found in the other beads or ornaments, one is a bat, the others are the two three legged toad. They are symbols of wealth and riches. The other beads are long six sided beads with

paws and tails were in gilt

The condition is good with slight wear on objects of this age

Placed in the shade

Date: Meiji Period

The artist is very skillful in his or her rendition of the animals

Seven for a secret never to be told

It is fitted with a brown stone base

On the other door are actors in a scene from an opera

So it is quite rare to see something creative but still has traditional roots

The late dating of this guanyin figure is the based on the closed bottom

harbingers of happiness in China

It has the simplicity of form of Ming Dynasty