A thinly-carved very pale jade 'flowerhead' bowl, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams

Carved in Indian Mughal style from a stone of translucent very pale tone with extensive cloudy shading and a few pale russet areas, the exterior with long slender vertical flutes rising from a flower head-recessed foot, the interior with a large flowerhead within lobes hollowed to match those on the outside.11.5cm (4½in) diam. Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000, CNY 59,000 - 79,000, HK$ 72,000 - 97,000

Provenance: an English private collection

Compare a slightly larger chrysanthemum-petal bowl illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, no.208

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com