<p>This is one of the decorative variants of「壽」.</p>

<p>In isolation it's a bit hard to recognise, as usually it's accompanied by a multitude of other variations in a collective art piece category known as「百壽圖」.</p>

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2019-07-08T19:16:53.313Z
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<p>What are the characters on this? One seems clearly to be 商, but I can't figure out the one that seems to be facing the other direction.</p>

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What are the characters on this? (Character identified: 壽)
# What are the characters on this? (Character identified: 壽)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-02)

What are the characters on this? One seems clearly to be 商, but I can't figure out the one that seems to be facing the other direction.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LF9vmm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/LF9vmm.jpg)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-07-08. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

This is one of the decorative variants of「壽」.

In isolation it's a bit hard to recognise, as usually it's accompanied by a multitude of other variations in a collective art piece category known as「百壽圖」.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rAlSn.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/rAlSn.jpg)


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