AN UNUSUAL OTTOMAN JADEITE, 'JEWEL' AND GOLD INLAID GREEN JADE OBLONG BOWL

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AN UNUSUAL OTTOMAN JADEITE, 'JEWEL' AND GOLD INLAID GREEN JADE OBLONG BOWL
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The deep, rounded sides inlaid in thin gold wire with a frieze of scrolls set with gold-mounted, faceted, paste rubies and on each side with a single gold fish with incised scales, bordered above and below by narrow bands of similar paste 'jewels', the base inlaid with a line of chevrons in green jadeite cabochons and further 'rubies', the semi-translucent stone of dark gray-green color with opaque buff mottling, rim chips--11in. (27.9cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

A gold and jewel-inlaid green jade bowl of oblong shape raised on a shallow foot is illustrated in a Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, pl. 22. This bowl bears an imperial inscription dated to the 35th year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1770