IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138762
accession number:	O.1-1951

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 17 January 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Light spinach green jade, boldly carved a caparisoned standing elephant. The saddlecloth each side decorated with a bat emerging from the sea waves and surmounted by two monks, one holding a vase and the other holding a tusk. The wrinkled skin of the body and legs indicated by deep accordion folds. This object is full of symbolic motifs, the elephant represents peace, as the Chinese believe that they appears when the country is prosperous. The bat on the saddlecloth represents luck, as bat is a homophone for luck. The vase (ping) held by the monk and the elephant (xiang), together represent the phrase Tai ping you xiang(elephant appear when the country is peaceful). In addition, riding on an elephant (qi xiang) is auspicious (ji xiang)
title:	carving

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Mrs May Cippico in accordance with the wishes of Mrs Constance Goetze

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138762





CATEGORIES
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category: jade

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 17.5

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 16.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the twentieth century
title:	The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century
CITATIONS
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The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century
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