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六 66. Standing maiden holding a flowering prunus, wearing long flowing robes, her hair pleated in the centre and tied above her forehead,
十 beside a crane on pierced rockwork with a fruiting lingzhi in its mouth, the stone white.
六 4 ⅝ inches, 11.8 cm high.
Qianlong, 1736-1795.
倚 Wood stand, carved with scrolls.
鶴
仕 • From the collection of the Marquis & Marquise de Ganay, Courances, France.
女 • Four similar standing ladies, each holding branches, in the Qing Court Collection, are illustrated by Xu Xiao Dong in
白 Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, Vol. 8, Qing Dynasty, nos. 258, 259, 261 & 262, Gu Gong Inventory nos.
玉 Gu 89452, 89455, 89671 & 89456 respectively, pp. 286-287 & 289.
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