A FINE WHITE JADE MUGHAL JAR

细节

A FINE WHITE JADE MUGHAL JAR
18TH CENTURY

Of globular form, finely carved around the thin sides with four registers of overlapping undulating petals, from the short rim encircled by a band of curled petals, to the flower-head foot, flanked by a pair of handles, each formed by an acanthus bud suspended between acanthus leaves, the stone of an even creamy-white tone with a few opaque inclusions; with a later jade cover and a metal liner
2 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) high, stand, box

来源

A Japanese private collection

拍品专文

Compare similar acanthus-bud handles and floral base with a those on a jade bowl inscribed with a Qianlong poem on the exterior included in the exhibition Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, 1983, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 8.