A LARGE QING DYNASTY JADE BOWL

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736 to 1795)

清乾隆 碧玉盌

c.1750 A.D.

~275 YEARS-OLD

***GUARANTEED TO BE OVER 200 YEARS-OLD!!***

***GUARANTEED TO BE A GENUINE ANTIQUE!!***

***NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION***

***NEARLY ALL "QING DYNASTY" JADE ON EB*Y IS FAKE!!!***

***MOST "ANTIQUE JADE" SOLD ON EB*Y = *NEW* (PRC) CHINA FAKES!***

***THIS JADE BOWL IS THE REAL DEAL!!***

***THIS IS AN ACTUAL PRIME PERIOD QING DYNASTY ANTIQUE!!!***

***A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY ON EBAY!!***

"A Deep Green Nephrite Jade Bowl of Central Asian Design with Concentric Footring"

The only variant opinion ever given for this incredible antique Chinese jade bowl was that it was even OLDER than the guaranteed period, as one expert believed this to be MING DYNASTY (comparing it to a New York Metropolitan Museum Ming jade bowl and noting the similarity of the nephrite jade between that bowl & our bowl to such an extent that he suggested a shared quarry site in ANCIENT MING DYNASTY CHINA). I had linked to this bowl, but this platform is stopping links, so you will have to use the web to find the images - my apologies. While this MING DATE is possible, it would only make the bowl older and more valuable than the $15,000 retail value currently ascribed to the piece, so I will defer to the opinions of two major auction houses, who stated the age to the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty, which is what it was sold as in Hong Kong nearly 130 years ago.

Thickwalled for ritual or practical use, this nephrite bowl was ground from translucent spinach jade. Superior diaphaneity in the stone reveals sweeping stratigraphic figuring with crystalline inclusions, absent the fracture-prone fissures often found in even the finest jade bowls (ground-out from boulders, ancient methods confounded anticipation of internal flaws).

Likely too large for intent as a tea ceremony drinking vessel, this bowl may have played a preparatory role, or functioned as an apothecary mortar for mixing medicinal herbs (for a Qianlong nephrite bowl of similar utilitarian intent, see Sotheby's, Paris, 2022, Lot 17). Elite noble use in a domestic setting is also possible.

Furthermore, despite the absence of any reign marks, the potential for Imperial Court use is not excluded, since the size of this bowl would have made it extremely valuable in Ancient China (jade of this quality and size was impossibly expensive, accessible only to the richest families or the Emperor's retinue), and the symmetry & quality are in keeping with courtly jades of a practical nature from this period.

With a smooth patina of age, and historic pitting from the archaic hand-ground method of construction, this bowl's history is written in its surface.

No loss, damage, or repairs: the jade rings brightly with a tap.

With heft beyond the merely decorative, this alluring bowl has endured centuries in its present state.

Unmarked.

Many otherwise desirable jade bowls are marred by apocryphal marks carved by the original craftsmen or added by unscrupulous dealers to enhance resale value (almost invariably having the opposite effect: i.e. reducing value!).

Conversely, this bowl has been kept safe in a single family collection for over 120 years.

Spared any modifications, this circa 275 year-old jade bowl is resplendent in its true form.

***DIAMETER (SIZE) OF BOWL: ~7.6”***

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