One of a pair of lamps, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95), mid-18th century, China, Jade, wood and ivory, H. 17 1/8 in (43.5 cm), Jade, The removable sides of the lamps are jade plaques in carved wood frames, each inscribed at the top with a group of nine characters that can be read in any order. The various readings are transcribed in the middle of the plaques in different fanciful 'archaic' scripts, with a note at the bottom giving the supposed source and date of each particular script
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