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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE BOWL
MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

清乾隆 白玉盌
《乾隆年製》款

superbly worked with deep rounded sides rising to a gently
everted rim, supported on a neatly cut footring, the lustrous
stone of an even white colour with occasional faint inclusions
14.7 cm, 5¾ in.

HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,400-51,500

Worked with a seemingly plain yet superbly polished surface, March 2007, lot 11, from the Concordia House Collection.
and complemented with a crisp outline, the current bowl is an
Compare also an unmarked pair from the Collection Cottreau,
exceptional example of both the purity of the stones and level
sold at Christie’s New York, 17th September 2008, lot 330;
of workmanship under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
and another bowl in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,
The form of the bowl, with the flared rounded sides supported illustrated in Michael Knight et. al., Later Chinese Jades. Ming
on a short foot, is typical of the 18th century and particularly Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, San Francisco, 2007, pl.
favoured in the Qianlong period, so much so that related 113, where the authors note that the thin walls of the vessel
examples were produced in varying sizes. See one of the same highlighting the translucency of the material and the purity of
size but with a very slight difference in the long character of its colour share characteristics with its porcelain prototypes
the mark, sold in our New York rooms, 20th March 2007, lot (see p. 129).
618; and a smaller one also sold in our New York rooms, 19th

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