Lot 3021. A white jade bowl and cover, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide across handles. Estimate $60,000 - $80,000. Price realised $353,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.

The deep, tapering sides of the bowl and the domed cover are carved in low relief with an archaistic band, on the bowl below the out-curved loop handles, and on the cover below a petal border that surrounds the base of the circular handle. The rims are carved with bands of key fret. The semi-translucent stone is of even tone, wood stand.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 4 October 1986, lot 197.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza