清乾隆 白玉「歡天喜地」珮

of circular form, finely carved on one side with one of the Hehe twins dancing next to a pigeon, his raised hands issuing from loose robes with swaying sleeves, the reverse detailed with a basket overbrimming with leafy lotus and inscribed with the four characters huan tian qi di ('Joy and happiness'), the stone of an even white colour highlighted with shades of light brown near the bottom

The pendant is in very good overall condition. It is pierced at the top and bottom to thread a string and as visible on the photo. The actual colour is slightly tinged to celadon tone compare to catalogue illustration.
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觀此小品，材精且純潤，工刻自然瀟灑，運刀細膩流暢，自清初始，蘇作多有見之。參考一相類例，售香港蘇富比1992年10月28日，編號574。亦見一例，雕和合二仙圖，Demaree Bess夫人收藏，售香港蘇富比1991年5月1日，編號289。另見一例，售倫敦蘇富比1994年12月6日，編號91。再見一例，Lizzadro收藏，售紐約佳士得2013年3月21日，編號829。

本品所雕，應為和合二仙之一，原品或當有二，實為一對。和合二仙，原為唐時二僧，曰寒山、拾得。拾得者，國清寺僧，後與寒山相遇，繼成至交，結伴雲遊，吟詩作賦，善援鄰里，廣興佛法，雍正帝親封和合二聖，深入人心，寓意喜樂祥和。