18TH/19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL MUGHAL-STYLE GREEN JADE LOBED SHALLOW BOWL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Raised on four shallow ruyi supports, the sides divided into twelve lobes with plain upper border centered by a pendent trefoil motif and with inner borders of narrow petal tips creating a V-shape at the edge of each lobe, the interior conformingly ribbed, the pair of chrysanthemum stem handles projecting from the rim suspending loose rings, the semi-translucent stone of mottled rich green color, the base inscribed with a Qianlong four-character mark
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) across handles, intricate inlaid wood stand

Provenance

Collection of Heber R. Bishop.
Collection of Elizabeth T. Harriman, thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

George F. Kunz, The Bishop Collection. Investigations and Studies in Jade, New York, 1906, p. 21 (black and white etching).

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Lot Essay

Compare the nearly identical carving of the petal tip designs separating each lobe of the present lot with those found on a Mughal- style white jade bowl, dated to the Qing dynasty, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Exquisite Beauty - Islamic Jades, Taipei, 2007, p. 207, no. 254.

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