[Agate stump flower arrangement]
Agate stump flower arrangement, clear, 10.1 cm high, 7 cm wide
The flower is made of dark brown agate, stump-shaped, hollow, and can be used as flower. The body is embossed with pine branches, bamboo branches, plum branches and ganoderma lucidum
Pine, bamboo and plum are called “three friends of the year”. Pine is regarded as “the length of a hundred trees”, its frost does not wither, and it is evergreen in winter and summer. It is regarded as an evergreen tree by people, giving the auspicious meaning of immortality. The bamboos are graceful and graceful, dancing and elegant. The ancients believed that bamboo is virtuous, straight, hollow and virtuous. He compared bamboo to a virtuous man and gentleman of noble conduct. Plum blooms at the turn of winter and spring. It is called primrose, and its character of “blooming alone in cold weather” is praised by people. The decorative patterns of pine, bamboo and plum are often used as auspicious patterns that imply health and longevity or high integrity.
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![图片[2]-Agate stump flower-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qing dynasty/Jade ware/20119[1024].jpg "玛瑙树桩形花插另面")
玛瑙树桩形花插另面
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