<p>Looks like it should be 瓜瓣瓢.</p>

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<li><p>瓜瓣瓢 probably means a 瓢 made from 瓜瓣. In contrast, 瓜辨 is not a word (AFAIK).</p></li>
<li><p>See a printed version of 清・金士松《喬羽書巢詩集》 (<a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&amp;file=105725&amp;page=51" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&amp;file=105725&amp;page=51</a>). Since your screenshot looks like it's from a handwritten version of 《御製詩四集》, I suspect that it's a handwriting error. Well, printing is less likely to introduce errors :)</p>

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semantically, it should be "瓜瓣", "瓜辨" does not make any sense. well, i'm now guessing who made the typo? the emperor himself, then the copy-writer didn't dare to rectify it. or the copy-writer made it, and proof-readers didn't discover it?
水巷孑蠻
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@水巷孑蠻 Well, 金士松《喬羽書巢詩集》 says 瓜瓣瓢, so I'm guessing that even if the Emperor wrote it wrongly, someone still "dared" to rectify it. However, I'm thinking that the copy-writer was the one who made the mistake. Maybe some museum still has the original copy of the fabric/paper that the poem was written on...
dROOOze
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btw, th poem is in the  四庫全書　集部　御製詩四集　卷六十四, page 28: https://archive.org/details/06054259.cn/page/n28
水巷孑蠻
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how dare was mr 金 :)
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dROOOze
<p>this week, the christie's have an auction of this jade cup:</p>
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<p>i suspected this one is the object of emperor 乾隆's poem 痕都斯坦玉羊頭瓜辨瓢歌</p>
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<p>my question is:</p>
<p>the poem title is 玉羊頭瓜<strong>辨</strong>瓢</p>
<p>is it an typo of 瓣?</p>
<p>cause, in the poem, the 5th verse mentioned 瓜分數<strong>瓣</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>鹿臺嘉産来遐陬</p>
<p>彼中良工細雕鎪</p>
<p>式異漢盃及商卣</p>
<p>瓢飲一具琢羙球</p>
<p>瓜分數瓣花葉浮</p>
<p>曲柄廻顧為羊頭</p>
<p>匪夷所思用意周</p>
<p>其脂非逺其性柔</p>
<p>東陵闗内伊誰候</p>
</blockquote>
<p>any ideas?</p>

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this mughal jade cup, it's "瓜瓣瓢" or "瓜辨瓢"?
# this mughal jade cup, it's "瓜瓣瓢" or "瓜辨瓢"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-22)

this week, the christie's have an auction of this jade cup:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ufMjQ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ufMjQ.jpg)

i suspected this one is the object of emperor 乾隆's poem 痕都斯坦玉羊頭瓜辨瓢歌

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/djE3T.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/djE3T.jpg)

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?

**Tags:** traditional-characters, character-identification, poetry


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Looks like it should be 瓜瓣瓢.

* 瓜瓣瓢 probably means a 瓢 made from 瓜瓣. In contrast, 瓜辨 is not a word (AFAIK).
* See a printed version of 清・金士松《喬羽書巢詩集》 (<https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&file=105725&page=51>). Since your screenshot looks like it's from a handwritten version of 《御製詩四集》, I suspect that it's a handwriting error. Well, printing is less likely to introduce errors :)

  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/V0c3v.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/V0c3v.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: semantically, it should be "瓜瓣", "瓜辨" does not make any sense. well, i'm now guessing who made the typo? the emperor himself, then the copy-writer didn't dare to rectify it. or the copy-writer made it, and proof-readers didn't discover it?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 Well, 金士松《喬羽書巢詩集》 says 瓜瓣瓢, so I'm guessing that even if the Emperor wrote it wrongly, someone still "dared" to rectify it. However, I'm thinking that the copy-writer was the one who made the mistake. Maybe some museum still has the original copy of the fabric/paper that the poem was written on...  
> **username_0**: btw, th poem is in the  四庫全書　集部　御製詩四集　卷六十四, page 28: https://archive.org/details/06054259.cn/page/n28  
> **username_0**: how dare was mr 金 :)  

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