A large jade bowl, Mughal, circa 16th/17th century

composed of spinach green jade, carved of deep round form with slightly everted rim on a thin circular base

In general good condition, intact, some minor hairline cracks in surface, as viewed.
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This jade bowl can be admired for its elegant form, carved of dark green nephrite. It belongs to a group of plain, Mughal carved jade pieces most probably intended as dining vessels. For example, a folio from the Baburnameh, showing Babur entertained by Badi-uz-Zaman-Mirza in the Jahan Ara Garden in Herat, attributed to circa 1593, depicts a banqueting scene in which green dishes of various shapes are used to serve food (see S.Markel, "Inception and Maturation in Mughal Jades", in The World of Jade, 1992, p.51).