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  flaming pearl

 

China

A flaming pearl is an object often found in Chinese iconography, but of which the origin is not clear. It is however associated with Chinese dragons and with the chintamani (fig.). It is said to symbolize wisdom and to have the power to multiply whatever it touches.

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