A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL

19TH CENTURY

The deep bowl carved with straight sides, all raised on a short circular foot, the dark green stone with some pale inclusions and black speckling, 12.1cm.

Provenance: from the collection of the late Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020). Hubert Faure was the first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas, who married when she was nineteen. Bessie was the daughter of Margaret Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller. A bronze bird entitled Poule Cayenne by François Pompon (1855-1933) from the same collection was sold at Christie's Paris on 14th April 2021, lot 184.