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‘Islamic’ or ‘Hindustani’ originated jades, such as the present lot,
originated mostly in India but also Turkey, Central Asia, and even
China. They were highly regarded by the Qing Court, especially
the Qianlong emperor, whose marriage to Xiang Fei or ‘Fragrant
Concubine’, the daughter of an Uighur chieftain, is said to have served
to open the door to western lands and enabled the flow of jades from
the Xinjiang region.

Compare with a similar Mughal green jade globular jar and cover in
the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Exquisite Beauty: Islamic
Jades, Taipei, 2007, p.157, no.197. See also a similar Mughal jade
globular jar and cover, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, acc.no.02560:1, and another similar example, circa
1675, bequeathed by Oscar Raphael, in the British Museum, London,
museum no.1945,1017.258.a-b.

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