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A RARE AND FINE WHITE JADE BOWL
Qianlong
Well carved with rounded sides rising from a short circular foot ring to
an everted rim, the well-polished translucent stone of even-white tone.
13.7cm (5 2/5in) diam.

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000

清乾隆 白玉素盌

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

The white jade bowl with a 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, Beijing, 2011, vol.10,
pl.164; compare also with 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.

See a similar jade bowl, 18/19th century, which was sold at Christie’s
New York, 14 September 2012, lot 2580; see also another smaller
white jade bowl, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams London,
9 November 2012, lot 261.

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