清十八世紀初 白玉雕歲歲有餘擺件

worked naturalistically in the form of a swimming mandarin fish with circular pectoral and tail fins and a spiky dorsal fin, grasping in its mouth a curled leafy spray of millet, the stone of an opaque milky-white tone suffused with caramel-russet inclusions, wood stand

仁德行，香港，1966年
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1967年 (£48:16:4)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1967年(£110)

Good overall condition, with just expected surface wear and minute chips to the underside of the fish's lower fin.
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此器雕鱖魚（既桂魚），口銜麥穗，表達「歲歲有餘」之意願。

類似例多見鱖魚口銜蓮花，見一件曾展於《Chinese Jade through the Ages》，維多利亞及亞伯特博物館，倫敦，1975年，編號405；另一例售倫敦蘇富比2013年5月15日，編號50。