A celadon jade 'three friends of winter' gu-form beaker vase, Ming dynasty, with Qianlong period imperial inscription | 明 乾隆時期刻御題詩 青玉刻歲寒三友圖海棠式花觚

A celadon jade 'three friends of winter' gu-form beaker vase

Ming dynasty, with Qianlong period imperial inscription

明 乾隆時期刻御題詩 青玉刻歲寒三友圖海棠式花觚

of quadrilobed section, the bulbous body rising from a tall foot, the sides carved with branches of pine, bamboo and prunus, the flaring mouth later-inscribed with an imperial poem

題識：

御製

性是白鶴孤 形乃蒼龍偃 試問如擇交 可能遺楚畹

右松

倪迂瀟灑枝 自取性情驗 鳯影将龍文 毋乃失華贍

右竹

為愛衝寒意 聊成照水枝 逋翁得句後 祇合罷言詩

右梅

Height 4¼ in., 10.8 cm