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  1. Green Jade Covered Bowl 
  2. Inlaid with Precious Stones
  3. Hindustan
  4. Ch'ing Dynasty (A.D. 1644-
  5. 1911)
  6. Height                    9.7cm
  7. Diameter of mouth 12.9cm
  8. Diameter of base     6.7cm
  9.      This bowl was submitted 
  10. to the Ch'ing court as tribute 
  11. from Kashgar during the Ch'ien-
  12. lung reign.  The Ch'ien-lung 
  13. Emperor had the phrases  "To  
  14. be eternally treasured by my 
  15. sons and grandsons" and "For 
  16. imperial use of the Ch'ien-lung 
  17. Emperor" engraved inside it.