A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOWL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the gently rounded sides rising from a short foot, set at the rim with a pair of chrysanthemum handles suspending loose rings, the interior and exterior carved with three rows of fluted petals radiating from the centre enclosed by a border of stylised flowers at the rim, the stone of a variegated green colour with attractive dark speckles

John Sparks Ltd., London (according to label).
Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd. (by repute).

George Savage, Chinese Jade: A Concise Introduction, London, 1964, pl. no. 30b.

The bowl is in good condition with the exception of a 3cm., long vertical rim flaw.
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See a spinach-green jade bowl similarly carved in the form of a blossoming chrysanthemum, but with handles in the shape of a butterflies suspending loose rings, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl. 34