Lot 3038. An Imperial White Jade Bowl, Incised Mark and Period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 16.6 cm., 6 1/2  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 687,500 (64,723 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's

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.

Provenance: An old Japanese collection.

Exhibited: Radiant Reflections in Chinese Glass: An exhibition organised by the Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 2002, cat. no. 27.

Note: 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.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 April 2014