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七 73. Stemcup, gao zu bei, the deep bowl of lobed quatrefoil form, on a thin stem with high relief rope band above the eight petal, fluted,

十 splayed foot, carved on the exterior in low relief on each side with a flowering camellia between leaves and branches above rockwork,

三 the shorter sides with lotus flowerheads and leaves above a pair of ducks with their heads turned, above a central rock and stylised

waves, all beneath an incised character shou, qing, shou, xi, ‘longevity, celebration, longevity, happiness’, the stone pale celadon.
花 2 ⅞ inches, 7.3 cm high; 2 ¾ inches, 7 cm long; 2 ¼ inches, 5.7 cm deep.
鳥 Ming dynasty, 15th century.
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海 • From an important French collection.
棠 • A similar stemcup, possibly the pair to this example, is illustrated by Yun Xi Zheng in The Collection of Jades in the Tianjin City
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高 Art Museum, no. 189, with two colour illustrations, the description and thumbnail, p. 236.

足 • A related small square stemcup with chamfered corners is illustrated by Xu Lin in Compendium of Collections in the Palace
盃 Museum, Jade, Vol. 7, Ming Dynasty, Gu Gong Inventory no. Gu 95859, no. 114, p. 135.
• Two related examples of lotus-flower form, are illustrated by Marchant in their 85th anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades

青 from Tang to Qing, 2010, no. 119, pp. 162/3, and also by Robert P. Youngman in, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades from
白 Neolithic to Qing, no. 207, p. 205.

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