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A GRAY AND WHITE NEPHRITE JADE BOWL For a near identical example of slightly larger size, using a very similar
Qianlong mark and of the period material with gray veins running diagonally through the stone and
Rising from a short straight foot decorated with an incised line near engraved to the base with a Jiaqing four-character mark in clerical
the bottom, the deep and rounded sides flaring to everted rim, the script, see Lord Jiaqing and the Journey to Taiwan: A Special
stone with black flecks and inclusions, incised six-character mark on Exhibition on Cultural Artifacts of the Qing Emperor Renzong, National
the recessed base. Palace Museum, Taiwan, 2016, pp. 260-261, no. III-24, where it is
5 5/8in (14.3cm) diameter noted that the gray jade is from the Xinjiang region and that several
gray Islamic-style jades are in the collection of the National Palace
$10,000 - 15,000 Museum but few have reign marks. Furthermore, they note, of the jade
tribute items submitted from Kashgar in 1817, there is a two-handled
清乾隆 灰白玉盌 《大清乾隆年製》款 gray-jade bowl of similar quality.

Provenance: For an un-marked white jade bowl of very similar profile and dated to
Formerly in the collection of Louise Hawley Stone, Toronto, Canada the Qianlong period, see Bonhams, London, 10 November 2015, lot
Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd., July 13, 1998 51.

來源:
Louise Hawley Stone舊藏, 加拿大多倫多
Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd., 1998年7月13日

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