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AN EXQUISITE WHITE JADE BOWL AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
AN EXQUISITE WHITE JADE BOWL AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Finely carved around the exterior of the bowl with lotus panels enclosing auspicious Buddhist emblems, the endless knot, carp, vase, lotus and musical stones, similarly decorated on the domed cover with the umbrella, canopy, conch shell, Wheel of Law and peony, surmounted by a ring finial carved with five elephant heads suspending loose rings and fitted with a detachable knop carved as an open lotus flower enclosing a pod, the semi-translucent stone of a flawless even white tone 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam., box