• Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works  auction at Christies

    Sale 2196

    Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections

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    15 September 2009

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    Lot 156

    AN UNUSUAL MUGHAL-STYLE GREEN JADE LOBED SHALLOW BOWL

    18TH/19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 482,500

    Estimate

    USD 30,000 - USD 40,000

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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.

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    Literature

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


    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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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANDRÉ BISHOP

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