Boxwood toggle decorated with two Magpies sitting on a bamboo stump looking at a Plum tree. Magpies (xique) and Plum blossoms (mei) result in the pun ‘May your joy reach up to your eyebrows’ (xishang meishao). The Bamboo symbolizes Humility, Fidelity as well as Peace. The toggle dates from the Qing period (1644 – 1912). Length 6.3 cm. Diameter ca 2 cm.