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233 The ‘twin-fish’, yu, are one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems symbolising
A FINE PALE GREEN JADE ‘TWIN-FISH’ BRUSH WASHER ‘freedom from restraint’. Because pairs of fish, shuangyu, are reputed
Qianlong to swim together, they express auspicious symbolism relating to marital
The circular vessel with elegantly rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, bliss, but also wishes relating to fecundity and abundance of good
crisply carved with taotie masks around the exterior between lappet luck. The great reproductive power of fish also represent the wish for
bands, the interior well hollowed and carved in high relief with a pair of numerous offspring.
catfish, each clasping in its mouth a leafy branch of lingzhi fungus, the
stone of semi-translucent even pale-green tone with cloudy inclusions, Compare a related jade bowl, carved with two relief catfish to the
wood stand. interior, illustrated by P.Schneeberg in The Baur Collection, Geneva,
14.3cm (5 5/8in) diam. (2). 1976, Pl.B11. Another jade bowl, carved with twin-fish and ruyi,
Qianlong, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, ref.no.756-1903. See
£20,000 - 30,000 also a jade bowl carved with twin catfish, Qianlong, which was sold at
CNY170,000 - 260,000 Christie’s London, 6 November 2012, lot 146.

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