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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 230700, member: 2844"]All right, you asked for it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>The flowers are chrysanthemums, the symbol of autumn. Because they bloom later than other flowers, at a time when it is getting colder, they stand for steadfast people who remain strong in times of adversity. Because of their strength they are also one of the many symbols of longevity. </p><p>The butterfly is also a symbol of longevity, and of joy.</p><p>Those little swirls all over the bowl are clouds, they represent the heavens and good luck. The Chinese words for cloud and luck sound the same.</p><p>The elegant white and blue shapes around the edge are lingzhi mushrooms. Lingzhi is a mushroom that doesn't decay as quickly as other mushrooms, it grows woody and has a long life. So another symbol of longevity. The lingzhi has a cloudshape, a heavenly connection, which means longevity is even extended to immortality.</p><p>The blue base colour again represents the heavens. Most larger cloisonné objects have a blue base colour, and heavenly connections are ever-present in Chinese art. One of the reasons why I like it.</p><p>So Johnny, a lot of longevity, joy and luck for you, and strength in adversity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 230700, member: 2844"]All right, you asked for it;). The flowers are chrysanthemums, the symbol of autumn. Because they bloom later than other flowers, at a time when it is getting colder, they stand for steadfast people who remain strong in times of adversity. Because of their strength they are also one of the many symbols of longevity. The butterfly is also a symbol of longevity, and of joy. Those little swirls all over the bowl are clouds, they represent the heavens and good luck. The Chinese words for cloud and luck sound the same. The elegant white and blue shapes around the edge are lingzhi mushrooms. Lingzhi is a mushroom that doesn't decay as quickly as other mushrooms, it grows woody and has a long life. So another symbol of longevity. The lingzhi has a cloudshape, a heavenly connection, which means longevity is even extended to immortality. The blue base colour again represents the heavens. Most larger cloisonné objects have a blue base colour, and heavenly connections are ever-present in Chinese art. One of the reasons why I like it. So Johnny, a lot of longevity, joy and luck for you, and strength in adversity.[/QUOTE]
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