this week, the christie's have an auction of this jade cup:
i suspected this one is the object of emperor 乾隆's poem 痕都斯坦玉羊頭瓜辨瓢歌
my question is:
the poem title is 玉羊頭瓜辨瓢
is it an typo of 瓣?
cause, in the poem, the 5th verse mentioned 瓜分數瓣
鹿臺嘉産来遐陬
彼中良工細雕鎪
式異漢盃及商卣
瓢飲一具琢羙球
瓜分數瓣花葉浮
曲柄廻顧為羊頭
匪夷所思用意周
其脂非逺其性柔
東陵闗内伊誰候
any ideas?