A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE TWIN-FISH BOWL

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A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE TWIN-FISH BOWL
QIANLONG SIX CHARACTER FANG GU MARK, QIANLONG/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The thick, flared sides carved in high relief with two monster mask and fixed ring handles separating owl-form handles suspending loose rings projecting from the rim and carved on top as mythical felines, with a pair of fish carved in the center of the interior below, the stone with satin-like polish and of even tone with some opaque white mottling --8 1/4 in. (21cm.) across handles

Lot Essay

A marriage bowl of 18th century date, carved in the center with 'twin fish', in the collection of M. H. T. Hodgson, was included in the O.C.S. exhibition, Chinese Jade, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1975, Catalogue no. 420