18TH CENTURY

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A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE BOWL
18TH CENTURY
The deep, rounded sides are carved in low relief with a band of formal lotus scroll below a narrow band of conjoined ruyi heads, and the everted rim is carved as further ruyi heads. The semi-translucent stone is of pale greenish-white tone.
5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) diam., openwork wood cover with lingzhi-form agate finial

Provenance

Private American collection, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century.

Sale room notice

Please note in the last sentence of the footnote that the plate number should read 197.

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Lot Essay

A similar everted rim carved as ruyi heads can be seen on two white jade lian, or bowls, with covers in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pls. 197 and 198, both of which are dated Qing dynasty. The style of carving seen in pl. 197, especially on the cover which has similar linked ruyi lappets, appears to be very similar to that of the present bowl.

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