A celadon jade pouring vessel, India, Mughal, 17th-18th century. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

the carved jade bowl set with a pair of ear-shaped handles carved with leaves and a long spout, on a short slightly everted foot, the polished stone of a pale celadon tone - 6.7cm. height; 18cm. diam.

Notes: This elegant jade vessel, with its thin translucent body, suggests that it was the product of Hindustani jade carvers working in Mughal India. Such jades became very popular with the Qianlong emperor, who brought in Muslim carvers to the Palace workshops to fashion similar wares, which then continued to be produced by Chinese craftsmen working at court.

A number of related Mughal vessels in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, were included in the exhibition Exquisite Beauty-Islamic Jades, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2007, cat.nos 96-99

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, Londres, 22 avr. 2015