18TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED MUGHAL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE BOWL
18TH CENTURY
The lobed bowl well carved in shallow relief with a pair of large acanthus leaves rising from the foot, each with an overhanging bud carved in the round at the mouth rim to form the handles, issuing from a band of upright leaves around the base, the foot carved as a large chrysanthemum bloom, the semi-translucent pale celadon stone with a slight yellowish tinge and some minor white inclusions
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The style of carving and decoration of this finely carved bowl are clearly inspired by that of 17th century Mughal and 18th century Hindustan jade bowls, such as the imperially inscribed Hindustan white jade bowl of circular form in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the exhibition, Great National Treasures of China, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 1994, no. 69.

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