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Peaches and Bats
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This white jade is carved as a double peach with realistically detailed leaves and branch following the curve of the jade. Clinging to the edge are a pair of bats, which represent good fortune.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePeaches and Bats, late 1600s–1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Greenish-white jade; overall: 9.9 x 13.5 x 11.5 cm (3 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., 2006.141
