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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ma Jiashu </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">马家树</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> of the Beijing College of Nationalities painted this kite in the 1990s. It is 65 by 45 centimeters on paper.   The kite is called &quot;Fortune and Longevity&quot; because bats symbolize good fortune or happiness and at the bottom of the kite the stylized peaches represent longevity.</font></td>
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