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26 A MUGHAL-STYLE JADE BOWL AND COVER CHINA, QING DYNASTY The covered tea bowl is very thinly and evenly carved and polished with each petal concave and convex to the exteri- or and interior, the bowl fluted resembling the shape of a chrysanthemum. The foot is similarly carved as a down- turned floral bloom. Fitted with a separate domed cover carved from a similar stone in a similar motif in compliment. H: 10 cm - D: 12,2 cm Weight: 237,4 grams Notes: 1. Jades carved in this florid style originated in Hindustan in the Mughal period and began to come to China around the middle of the Qianlong Emperor’s reign. The first carved jade bowl to have been sent from Central Asia as tribute is recorded for AD 1756, and thereafter tribute gifts of this type continued to arrive throughout the Emperor¡’s reign and beyond. At the same time Moslem jade carvers were brought to work in the Palace Workshops to fashion similar wares and as early as 1764, exact copies of Indian jades held at the palace were ordered from the Chinese craftsmen working at the court. 2. Compare a jade covered bowl of a very similar size and form currently exhibited in the Minneapolis Institute Of Art, gallery 210, GIFT OF MR. AND MRS. AUGUSTUS L. SEARLE 34.21.6A,B. Also compare with a closely related piece sold at CHRIS- TIE’S New York, USA, auction #19844, 2021-12-01/14, lot 34, for USD 22,500. €4,000 - €6,000 PROPERTIES FROM A NOTED COLLECTOR OF JADES & SNUFFBOTTLES