A LARGE WHITE JADE BOWL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

well-fashioned with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a flared rim, the translucent stone of an even white colour

Good condition with expected insignificant nibbling to the rim.
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Notable for its harmonious proportions, thinly carved walls and lustruous finish, undecorated jade bowls were among the most luxurious dining utensils available, and their use at court was thus strictly regulated by sumptuary laws. The Guochao gongshi [court history] of the Qianlong period records that only the Empress Dowager and the Empress were allowed to own a ‘jade bowl with a gold stand’. Furthermore, on the occasion of feasts at the imperial court, ‘jade bowls and golden plates’ could be used only in the presence of the Emperor. This bowl is particularly remarkable for its large size; compare a slightly smaller pair of bowls in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in James C.S. Lin,The Immortal Stone, London, 2009, pl. 81; a bowl in the De An Tang collection, included in the exhibition A Romance With Jade, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, pl. 116, together with a smaller pair, pl. 113; and a further bowl sold in these rooms, 8th April 2010, lot 1884.