Rare bol de style Moghol en jade céladon Marque et époque Qianlong

de forme circulaire, reposant sur un pied légèrement évasé, les côtés arrondis délicatement sculptés imitant de fins pétales de chrysanthème, la base et les bords soulignés d’une frise de feuilles stylisées, flanqué de chaque côté d’une petite feuille d’acanthe repliée en bourgeon formant poignées, la pierre translucide d’une couleur céladon pâle avec quelques inclusions, la base incisée d’une marque à quatre caractères Qianlong yu shang (Présent Impérial de Qianlong)

Acquired in China between 1894 and 1922.
Thence in the family by descent.

There is a ca. 6cm wide part of the foot ring broken off and missing, half of that is an old break that is polished, the other half unpolished. There are minute scattered fritts to the rim and the sharp parts of the acanthus leaves and buds of the handles. There is a ca. 0.5cm polished chip/flaw to the exterior rim. There is a chip to the tip of one acanthus leaf of one handle. The stone is of a celadon tone with two darker green veins running through one side.
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After the Qianlong Emperor married the daughter of a Uighur chieftain in 1760, diplomatic and trade relations between the Qing empire and the regions beyond its Western borders flourished. Jades from Xinjiang were sent as tribute to the court where the emperor had them carved into a variety of objects. Known for his appreciation for jade, many Islamic and Indian jades vessels and ornaments reached the court as gifts and tributes, and thus entered the Imperial collections. The present bowl with its thinly cut and carved sides and details strongly resembles an Islamic or Indian jade bowl, compare several examples illustrated in Exquisite Beauty: Islamic Jades, Taipei, 2012, cat. nos. 48-50, 57, 58, 60, 66. Several of these Mughal-style vessels bear inscriptions of Qianlong poems dedicated to the beauty of Mughal jades. Few bear an Imperial mark on the base such as the present bowl, ibid., cat. no. 48.