Shou Symbol with Jade Earrings
Like a written or spoken language, symbols in Chinese art are a means of communication. The shou character, or ideogram, means “long life.”
According to traditional beliefs, the presence of a given visual symbol could have a specific, desired effect on the life of the bearer. Our stylized shou symbol is adapted from a Chinese necklace in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Materials: pewter with gold finish, jade bead Diameter: 3/4", Height: 1 5/8" From the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum
Like a written or spoken language, symbols in Chinese art are a means of communication. The shou character, or ideogram, means “long life.”
According to traditional beliefs, the presence of a given visual symbol could have a specific, desired effect on the life of the bearer. Our stylized shou symbol is adapted from a Chinese necklace in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Materials: pewter with gold finish, jade bead Diameter: 3/4", Height: 1 5/8" From the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum
Like a written or spoken language, symbols in Chinese art are a means of communication. The shou character, or ideogram, means “long life.”
According to traditional beliefs, the presence of a given visual symbol could have a specific, desired effect on the life of the bearer. Our stylized shou symbol is adapted from a Chinese necklace in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Materials: pewter with gold finish, jade bead Diameter: 3/4", Height: 1 5/8" From the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum