An Imperial White Jade Bowl Incised Mark and Period of Qianlong

the deep rounded sides rising from a short, slightly splayed foot to a gently flared rim, the recessed base incised with a four-character reign mark, the smoothly polished stone of a pale celadon-white colour mottled with icy inclusions and faint russet streaks

An old Japanese collection.

The inner footrim has been polished down. The actual colour is a tinge greyer than the catalogue illustration. The overall condition is very good.
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For a spinach-green jade bowl of identical form and size, incised with a similar Qianlong four-character reign mark, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji. Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete series on Chinese jades]. 6. Qing, Beijing, 1991, p. 31, pls. 49-50.