A LARGE CHINESE WHITE JADE SHALLOW BOWL

A LARGE CHINESE WHITE JADE SHALLOW BOWL
QIANLONG 1736-95

The rounded sides rising to a gently flared rim above a short straight foot, the translucent stone of an even colour with a few natural veins, 22cm.

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, founder of the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons (Manchester Cotton Merchants), and thence by descent.

For a similar 18th-century pale celadon shallow bowl, see M Knight, H Lee and T Bartholomew, Later Chinese Jades from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, p.125, no.109.

清乾隆 白玉素身撇口盤
來源：英國蘇格蘭佩斯郡斯特拉斯加里， Hinton Daniell Stewart（1835-1926）收藏，Hinton是曼徹斯特棉業公司Stewart Thompson的創始人，之後由其後人繼承。