Inscription from a portable lamp (xingdeng) made for the Zhonggong by the artisan Gong Xian 工憲 of the Imperial Workshop in 36 B.C. 此為銅行鐙之鐙柄,《三代秦漢金文著錄表》云器藏寶華盦,後歸雪堂。
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