清十八世紀 碧玉雕八寶吉祥有餘雙耳洗

well-carved with rounded sides raised on four shallow feet, the center of the interior in high relief with a pair of catfish swimming among chrysanthemum flowers with a pair of intricately carved bat and chrysanthemum blossom handles to either side, the exterior with the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems)

Ogden Mills Reid（1882-1947）舊藏
Helen Rogers Reid (1882-1970)舊藏
蘇富比·Parke Bernet，紐約，1971年5月21日，拍品編號402
德州休斯頓George L. Kroll舊藏（1971-1995），自此家族收藏

There are minor small nicks to the interior of the rim, otherwise the bowl is in good condition.
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Large 'marriage' bowls of this type typically bear symbols relating to marital bliss and blessing, such as the pair of catfish, chrysanthemum and bat on the present piece, which form the rebus "May you have happiness year after year after year."

The combination of two catfish with chrysanthemums can be seen on the interior of a dark green 'marriage' bowl exhibited at the Minnesota Museum of Art illustrated in Jade as Sculpture, Minnesota Museum of Art, 1975, no. 52. The theme of chrysanthemums, but without the catfish, can be seen on a dark spinach jade 'marriage' bowl in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, The de Young Museum Society, 1972, p. 138, pl. LXII.