May you enjoy great fortune
大吉
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The Chinese character ‘大 da’ means ‘great’ or ‘grand’, and ‘吉 ji’ means ‘great fortune’ or ‘good luck’. In combination, ‘大吉 da ji’ expresses an auspicious wish of ‘May you enjoy great fortune’.
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Fig 1: famille rose wall hanging vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Liaoning Provincial Museum, China; Photograph by Rachel Ma
Fig 2: famille rose porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Shanghai Museum, China; Photograph by Rachel Ma
Fig 3: gold hanging with semi-precious stones, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing; Photograph by Rachel Ma
Fig 4: painted enamel double-gourd shaped vase, 18th century, courtesy of Cohen and Cohen, Chinese Export Porcelain and Oriental Art (Baroque and Roll; November 2015)
Fig 5: cloisonné enamelled gourd-shaped vase, late 18th–early 19th century, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fig 6: jade tablet, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 7: cloisonné enamelled hanging vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 8: gourd shaped lacquer vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei