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deftly carved in openwork with three sinuous lions frolicking around a brocade ball with flowing ribbons extending across the roundel, their bodies stretched and paws extended, their round eyes framed by bushy eyebrows, detailed with finely incised bifurcated tails, the stone of a pale celadon colour with slight russet inclusions

There are several chips to the rim.
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參考一近例，雕太獅少獅，展於《Chinese Jade: Stone for the Emperors》，維多利亞美術館，維多利亞，1986年，編號63。