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  1. Green Jade Single-handled
  2. Cup
  3. Han Dynasty
  4. (206 B.C. - A.D. 220)
  5. Height                   12.3cm
  6. Diameter of mouth  42.7cm
  7. Weight                      115g
  8.      In the Han period , 
  9. jade cups were used by 
  10. the emperor.  They could 
  11. be used to present birthday 
  12. wishes to a senior, or were 
  13. used to collect dew overnight 
  14. which would be drunk with 
  15. fragments  of jade in the 
  16. quest for immortality.