清 瑪瑙雙歡 Qing Dynasty period. The yellow and caramel sections of the stone cleverly worked in depicting two intertwined cats curled facing the rear of the other. Height: 1 in (2.5 cm) Length: 1 5/8 in (4.1 cm) Width: 1 in (2.5 cm) 瑪瑙制成,質地溫潤細膩,玲瓏剔透。圓雕,中間鏤空,兩只獾的口、鼻、眼、足刻畫細膩,神韻完足,琢工樸實自然,靈巧可愛。雙獾趾爪對合,含情脈脈回望彼此,顯得非常恩愛,靈動喜人。清代常見以獾為題材的雕件,因“獾”與“歡”諧音,寓意“歡歡喜喜”。有祝福婚姻幸福美滿、白首偕老之意。