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lastfairdeal · ‎12-03-2023

Does anyone recognize these They're made of stone, not boxwood and there's a heart What's the price range of something like this I couldn't find another online

melda58 · ‎12-03-2023

If there is Chinese writing on it anywhere, provide a good clear close up that someone could read.

And photos of the feet and heart outside of box, info on size, all would help.

Rita

lastfairdeal · ‎12-03-2023

They're 90mm toe to heel

waxu_93 · ‎12-04-2023

虚吾知足----I am content

知足常乐----Contentment and happiness

知-----know

足----satisfied anything

Zhi知 and spider, foot足 and contentment have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

As for the price, I don’t know how much it is. It depends on what kind of stone it is made of.

waxu_93 · ‎12-04-2023

6:9 "This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
6:11 Give us today our daily bread.
6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

----------This means contentment，i think so!😅

waxu_93 · ‎12-04-2023

唯吾知足，知足常乐。。。。。。。。

sonomabarn67 · ‎12-04-2023

You might look under Chinese medical dolls for similar,

maxine*j · ‎12-04-2023

@sonomabarn67 wrote:
You might look under Chinese medical dolls for similar,

I could be wrong, but I do not think the two things are related. I believe OP's piece is more like a something to contemplate, or a charm or amulet or talisman/

Here is one description, from a young Chinese woman given such as a gift before she departed for America:

https://whatwecarryexhibition.wordpress.com/artists/yue-liu/

and there's more towards the very bottom of this article:

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/19/asian-art-museum-explores-symbolism-in-chinese-art/

and this is from an inquiry on the Asian Arts Forum:

"There are sculptures with a spider on a foot, and it's a symbol of contentment (知足 zhīzú "to know [when you have] enough"), because one of the characters in the word for spider (蜘蛛 zhīzhū) is a homonym for "to know," and the character for "foot" also means "enough," so "spider-foot" sounds like "contentment" (蜘足 and 知足)."

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