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喜 68. Double-happiness, xixi, snuff bottle of tapered rectangular form, carved in relief on each side in a recessed frame with double-happi-
字 ness characters, xixi, the smaller sides each carved in high relief with a lion-mask and ring handle, with detailed work to the ears and
獸 mane, the cylindrical neck with concave rim, all on a raised footrim with chamfered corners, the stone pure white.

面 2 ½ inches, 6.4 cm high without stopper.

銜 Qianlong, 1736-1795.

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鼻 • From an important European private collection, purchased from Spink & Son, 8th December 1960.
煙 • A similar snuff bottle was included by Marchant in their 80th anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jade from Han to Qing, 2005, no.
壺 92, p. 106; another is illustrated by Ba Tong in the National Museum of History, Taiwan, 2009, exhibition of The Shiny Gem, A

白 Jade Exhibition of Joy Arts’ Collection, p. 39.
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• Xi is the character for ‘joy’ or ‘happiness’; it is associated with weddings. When it is shown twice, xixi, it represents double- hap-
piness, shuangxi, and is one of the most popular symbols for weddings, especially because good things come in pairs.

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