A CARVED JADE ARCHAISTIC BOWL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the shallow rounded sides gently flaring from a short splayed foot to an everted rim, delicately carved around the exterior with a broad band of connected bosses forming three-star clustered constellations between raised rope borders, above two lines of alternating 'C' scrolls separated by a small raised filet encircling the foot rim, the translucent yellowish-green stone with patches of dark brown coloured inclusions

Apart from a few original flaws in the stone that have been polished down on the rim, the overall condition is quite good.
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While this bowl is the only example known of this form and design, the inspiration may have come from earlier, Western Han period,  stemcups carved with a similar pattern of raised bosses and 'C' scrolls; for example see one illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol. 9, Beijing, 1991, pl. 177, in the Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; and a covered cup, also with related carved decoration, pl. 197, from the Qing Court collection and still in the Palace Museum, Beijing.