Jade bowl with two bud shaped handles, Mughal Empire-China Archive

Image Number: K1C001863N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
Description:
The clean and warm white jade is slightly bluish. It is carved into a round bowl with a deep belly and a row of simple leaf patterns hanging down at the mouth. The bottom of the bowl is carved with a flat poppy flower, four overlapping petals, a flat chrysanthemum in the center, and a circle of acanthus around it. From the lower part of both sides, stretch two acanthus leaves upward along the abdominal wall, the longer one stretches to the mouth edge and curls up, and then hang a bud below to contact the shorter acanthus leaves. In 1771, he was sent to the Qing Palace. Emperor Qianlong wrote poems for him and engraved them on the outer wall.