Amber snuff bottle, translucent honey colour carved as two pairs of intertwined fish whose fins unite at the mouth to receive the stopper; their fins, gill, eyes and mouths realistically represented.

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Four Intertwined Fish Snuff Bottle

 

A translucent carved amber snuff bottle with a turquoise stopper.

B78

Amber, translucent honey colour carved as two pairs of intertwined fish whose fins unite at the mouth to receive the stopper; their fins, gill, eyes and mouths realistically represented.

Chinese, 1750-1860
Stopper: Turquoise
Provenance: C.G.Blaxter
Purchased Christies 1974
Height: 5.3cm

This bottle is related to a group of nephrite bottles of the same subject, of pairs of intertwined fish. The twin fish symbol, according to Chinese folklore, represents marital bliss.

 

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