1750-1830Cleverly carved from a pebble utilizing the russet skin to great effect to highlight the lotus pad and stem that the fish holds in its mouth and which runs along one side of its scaly body towards the fishes curled fan tail which further uses the russet skin for highlights. 2 3/4in (7cm) across,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:1750-1830年 青玉帶皮魚形鼻煙壺For another white and russet jade carving of a fish wrapped in a lotus pad and cleverly utilizing areas of the russet skin to great effect, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, pp. 128-129, no. 75. Another, ibid., p. 150, no. 90 has a fan-tailed goldfish carved from a pure white nephrite.Another more slender nephrite pebble bottle, also in the form of goldfish, and displaying areas of russet skin to its surface, is illustrated in Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, (Gugong biyanhu xuancui), Beijing, 1995, p. 137, no 130.For a comparable example in quartz, see Michael C. Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Baltimore, 2009, pp.100-101, no. 79. The fish is an extremely popular subject in Chinese art. This example which almost certainly depicts a goldfish, jinyu, which is homophonous with the term meaning 'gold and jade', i.e. wealth. The second sound, yu, also represents abundance or plenty and given as a gift, this meaning would certainly be well understood.