To greet Chun jie 2013 I composed this little jade snake picture from my cache of flat jade plaques. The head has a carving of a heron while the body is made up of the auspicious characters Fu meaning blessings. The tail is of a fruit with leaves.
Madam White Snake and Her aide Little Green Snake is also here to welcomes Lunar New Year of the Snake !
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| A pair of charmers |
There are not many snake objects in my collection but I did manage to turn up this charming pair. White snake on the left measures 3.5cm by 2 cm while the little curled up bundle on right measures 2cm by 0.9cm.As the reverse of both jades have the prosperity symbol of a coin, they must have been made for lunar new year purpose.
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| green snake has the prosperity symbol of a carved coin on the back of its head. |
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| prosperity coin symbol scratched on the reverse of white snake |
Butterflies and flowers are also emblems of good luck for the new year as shown in my next jade picture.
Its New Year's Eve 2013, and life is great again ! May the charming 2 0 1 3 S n a k e slither in with blessings of health and happiness and most importantly, bring me Yu x2 ! Yu as in abundance and Yu as in jade :)
