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See a related gold jue vessel illustrated in a painting of the Qianlong
Emperor with his family in Sui chao xing le tu, in Life in the Forbidden
City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, no.364. Such gold ritual wine
vessels were used in the Ming dynasty, see one example illustrated
in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol.10, Shenzhen, 1997, p.89, no.170.
However, gold ritual vessels continued well into the Qing dynasty. See
for example, a gold bowl with double-happiness characters, indicating
that it was used for marriage ceremonies, Tongzhi, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing (museum.no.234300). See also other gold utensils
including a ewer as well as a cup and saucer, Qing dynasty, that would
have been used in ceremonies and rituals, illustrated in Life in the
Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, p.178.

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