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A RARE WHITE JADE BOWL
Qianlong four-character mark, and additional incised jia mark and of
the period
Deftly carved with rounded sides rising from a short tapered circular
foot ring to an everted rim, the well-polished translucent stone of even-
white tone, the foot ring carved with a jia character, wood stand and
zitan box.
12cm (4 3/4 in) diam. (5).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 70,000

清乾隆 白玉素盌
陰刻「乾隆年製」隸書款及「甲」楷書款

Provenance: a distinguished Italian private collection formed circa
1930s-1940s, and thence by descent

來源：意大利顯貴私人收藏，成形於約二十世紀三十至四十年代，
並由後人保存迄今

The white jade bowl with its translucent tone perfectly finished with
a lustrous sheen, and carved with gently-rounded sides and flaring
rim, reflects the high quality of jade made available after the Qianlong
emperor’s conquest of Khotan in Xinjiang. Compare with a white jade
bowl, Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in the Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, vol.10, Beijing, 2011, pl.164;
and a pair of white jade bowls, 18th century, of similar shape and size,
in the British Museum, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.400, no.29:13.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.