Press moulded, hollow silver amulet depicting the God of Longevity, Shou Xing, with an egg-shaped head and holding a ruyi sceptre in his right hand. A roe deer stands in front of him. The amulet would have been sewn onto the front of a boy's hat and worn on a birthday or festival.
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