Lot 172. A gray and white nephrite jade bowl, Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-1795); 5 5/8in (14.3cm) diameter. Estimate US$10,000 - US$15,000. Sold for US$ 7,650 . © Bonhams 2001-2021

Rising from a short straight foot decorated with an incised line near the bottom, the deep and rounded sides flaring to everted rim, the stone with black flecks and inclusions, incised six-character mark on the recessed base.

Property from the Asbjorn Lunde Foundation.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Louise Hawley Stone, Toronto, Canada
Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd., July 13, 1998

Note: For a near identical example of slightly larger size, using a very similar material with gray veins running diagonally through the stone and engraved to the base with a Jiaqing four-character mark in clerical script, see Lord Jiaqing and the Journey to Taiwan: A Special Exhibition on Cultural Artifacts of the Qing Emperor Renzong, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 2016, pp. 260-261, no. III-24, where it is noted that the gray jade is from the Xinjiang region and that several gray Islamic-style jades are in the collection of the National Palace Museum but few have reign marks. Furthermore, they note, of the jade tribute items submitted from Kashgar in 1817, there is a two-handled gray-jade bowl of similar quality.

For an un-marked white jade bowl of very similar profile and dated to the Qianlong period, see Bonhams, London, 10 November 2015, lot 51.

Bonhams. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, New York, 20 Sep 2021