清十八 / 十九世紀 白玉透雕魚龍珮

of rounded square form, finely carved in openwork in the form of a coiled archaistic makara and inscribed on one side with five characters reading tong tiandi fugui ('Wealth together with the heaven and the earth'), the reverse with ban riyue changsheng ('Long life together with the sun and the moon'), the smoothly polished stone of an even white colour

The pendant is in very good overall condition.
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