Lot Essay
This bowl is incised with a Qianlong poem eulogising the beauty and quality of the natural jade stone and praising the incredible skill of the carver. It is dated from springtime during the cyclical year of jichou (corresponding to 1769) under the Qianlong reign.
See a comparable mughal style jade cup incised with a Qianlong poem illustrated in The Complete collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 282, fig. 234.
See a comparable mughal style jade cup incised with a Qianlong poem illustrated in The Complete collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 282, fig. 234.