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Presented below are photographs of Chinese jade carvings of goldfish, taken in Hong Kong in December 2000. Put your mouse pointer over the fish on the carvings to identify them.
Notice the short dorsal fins and fairly long, deeply forked tails with pointed tail lobes, typical of Chinese goldfish.
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This carving contains four pairs of goldfish: bubble eyes, globe eyes, orandas and man-yu (fantail-veiltail intermediate - see Other Varieties).
The carving is about 20 cm (8 inches) across at the base and 10 cm (4 inches) tall, and is shown 3/4 of actual size. It is to be found in Chinese Arts and Crafts, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
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This carving is larger and more complex, containing two bubble eyes, two egg fish (at bottom left and extreme right - see Other Varieties), five orandas (including 2 on the reverse), six man-yu and one velvetyball man-yu (at extreme left - see Other Varieties).
The carving is about 21 cm (8½ inches) across at the centre and 25 cm (10 inches) tall (excluding the plinth), and it too is shown 3/4 of actual size. It is to be found at Yue Hwa Emporium, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (and, for information, is valued at about 8,000 pounds Sterling).