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FSH That’s a blind FISH

FSH That’s a blind FISH. Fish appear frequently as a decorative motif in Chinese art. The Chinese word for “fish” (yu) is a pun for “abundance” (yu), so fish are an common auspicious symbol in Chinese art. Fish-shaped Percussion Instrument. Yixing. Water Dropper for calligraphy.

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FSH That’s a blind FISH

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  1. FSHThat’s a blind FISH

  2. Fish appear frequently as a decorative motif in Chinese art. The Chinese word for “fish” (yu) is a pun for “abundance” (yu), so fish are an common auspicious symbol in Chinese art

  3. Fish-shaped Percussion Instrument

  4. Yixing

  5. Water Dropper for calligraphy • Ancient China, Song Dynasty (906-1279 A.D.). Possibly an 18th or 19th Century Imitative Revival.

  6. Wall pockets Chinese Late 19thC - early 20thC

  7. Imari dish Victorian Fairing

  8. Chinese ShanXi Province 1890

  9. A Chinese Water Pot in the shape of a Carp, porcelain, (Jingdezhen), Kangxi (1662-1722). • Water dropper Shui Ti

  10. Martin Brothers

  11. A pair of `carp' tureens ChinaQianlong period (1736-95)Porcelain with famille-rose decorationLength 47.6 cm

  12. Deco Noritake Porcelain Koi

  13. Ceramic fish decoration,

  14. Terracotta vase in the form of a fish Corinthian 6th century BCE

  15. Beleek

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