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Goldfish
金鱼
Jin yu 金鱼 (goldfish) in Chinese is pronounced the same as jin 金 (gold) and yu 玉 (jade), therefore can be used as a pun referring wealth.
Related Pun Picture:
May your household be piled high with gold and jade 金玉满堂
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Fig 1-2. porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736 – 96), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 3. close-up from porcelain basin, Xianfeng period (1850 – 61), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Museum of China, Beijing
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