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二 2. Waterpot, xi, of melon form, gua, carved in relief with a large gnarled branch, leaves, tendrils and an open-winged butterfly on the
lobed end, all beneath a lipped rim encircling the shaped mouth, the stone white.
瓜 3 ½ inches, 8.9 cm long, 2 inches, 5.1 cm high.
式 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
洗
白 • From an important French collection.
玉 • A similar Ming dynasty melon-form waterpot, xi, with squirrels on the rim, is illustrated by Xu Lin in Compendium of Collections
in the Palace Museum, Jade, Vol. 7, Ming Dynasty, Gu Gong Inventory no. Gu 96981, no. 253, pp. 264/5.
乾 • A similarly dated example with russet markings in the form of a peach with an open winged bat, from the Albert E. & Diana
隆 Warswik collection, was included by Marchant in their 85th anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, no. 9,
pp. 22/3.
• Melons, gua, and butterflies, die, form the rebus guadie mian mian, ‘May there be ceaseless generations of sons and grandsons’.
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