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AN IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED WHITE JADE 清乾隆 白玉刻「三清茶」詩蓋盌
‘TEA POEM’ BOWL AND COVER 《大清乾隆年製》、《乾隆丙寅小春御題》款
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 「乾」、「隆」印
the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted 題識：
rim, faintly incised to the interior with a central medallion 梅花色不妖，佛手香且潔。
enclosing fruiting and flowering branches of finger citron, 松實味芳腴，三品殊清絕。
prunus and pine, all encircled by a ruyi band repeated at 烹以折腳鐺，沃之承筐雪。
the rim, the exterior gently inscribed with an imperial poem 火候辯魚蟹，鼎煙迭生滅。
entitled Sanqing Cha (‘Three Purity Tea’), followed by a cyclical 越甌潑仙乳，氈廬適禪悅。
date Qianlong bingyin (in accordance with 1746) and two seals 五蘊淨大半，可悟不可說。
of the emperor, the rim and the foot encircled by ruyi bands in 馥馥兜羅遞，活活雲漿澈。
low relief, similarly decorated at the domed cover, the base of 偓佺遺可餐，林逋賞時別。
the bowl and top of the cover incised with a six-character seal 懶舉趙州案，頗笑玉川譎。
mark 寒宵聽行漏，古月看懸玦。
11.2 cm, 4⅜ in. 軟飽趁幾餘，敲吟興無竭。
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 52,000-77,500
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