Peaches and Bats (late 1600s–1700s): Art, History and Details

Peaches and Bats (late 1600s–1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This white jade is carved as a double peach with realistically detailed leaves and branch following the curve of the jade. Clinging to the edge are a pair of bats, which represent good fortune.

Object facts

• Title: Peaches and Bats
• Date: late 1600s–1700s
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
• Type: Jade
• Technique: greenish-white jade
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.9 x 13.5 x 11.5 cm (3 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 2006.141

A detail from the museum

This jade sculpture was given to the museum in memory of John D. Rockefeller and his family.

Collection credit

Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.

View the collection record

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