A MUGHAL CARVED JADE BOWL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY |

naturally striated jade bowl finely carved in low relief with a petalled foot, flowerheads and stylised leaves along body, fitted in old satin and velvet-lined box

In good condition, small nick with associated restoration near rim, some internal hairline cracks to jade and minor abrasion on inside, the box with wear and some tears and staining as consistent with age and use, as viewed.
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A jade bowl with similarly stylised foliate decoration is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no. 02554(IS). The bowl was purchased by the then India Museum in London in 1868 from the Guthrie collection.