Basin

Inscription: (inside the vessel ) inscription by the Qianlong Emperor:

臣質和闐貢，良材作甕堪。
雲容垂碧落，龍德出深潭。
從類奇文覩，應聲精蹟探。
僧繇畫超絕，韓愈說包含。
那有堯年露，非無園客蠶。
遐球如近賦，屢獲以爲慚。

乾隆甲午新春御題。（鈐印：　所寳惟賢，乾隆御筆）

Heber R. Bishop American, New York (until 1902; donated to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting under the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)," February 2–August 18, 2002.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Bishop Jades," March 30, 2004–February 12, 2006.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The "Hundred Antiques"," February 18–October 31, 2006.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Extravagant Display: Chinese Art in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," December 14, 2010–May 1, 2011.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Passion for Jade: The Heber Bishop Collection," March 14, 2015–June 19, 2016.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Passion for Jade: Heber Bishop and His Collection," October 21, 2017–July 22, 2018.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Passion for Jade: The Heber Bishop Collection," July 2, 2022–February 17, 2025.

Bishop, Heber R. The Heber R. Bishop Collection of Jade and other Hard Stones. Handbook no. 10. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1909, p. 74.