18TH CENTURY

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A GREENISH-WHITE JADE DISH
18TH CENTURY
The dish has shallow, rounded sides flaring to the slightly everted rim, and is raised on a ring foot. The semi-translucent stone is of greenish-white tone with some paler inclusions.
9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) diam., hongmu stand

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

For a similar jade dish in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco see M. Knight, He Li and T. Bartholomew, Chinese Jades, Ming Dynasty to the Twentieth Century From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, p. 127, no. 109, where it is noted that such jade dishes were inspired by imperial monochrome porcelain examples created during the reigns of the Qing-dynasty Emperors Kangxi (1662-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong (1736-1795).

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