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“ In the present pattern, one of the elongated leaves on

the inside grows an unexpected spur, which interrupts

the regular rhythm, and on the outside,

three of these leaves spring from below the stem,

while the forth rises above it. It makes this – like other
‘palace bowl’ designs – vibrate, as if pervaded

with some subtle motion.”