Jade bowl with two handles and lid, India

Jade bowl with two handles and lid, India

• Image Number: K1C003887N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Jades
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
• Description:
  The bean green jade is carved into a deep belly covered bowl. The proportion of the bowl body is different from that of the common Mogul jade bowl, but the flat eight petal flowers in shallow relief on the bottom of the jar are similar to the Mogul jade carving style. The cover button is carved into a flower bud shape. The cover and the abdominal wall are decorated with white jade, jasper, metal wire, ruby, etc., inlaid with flower and leaf patterns. Jades of similar style are displayed in the Salakin Museum in south central India. The most special feature of this device is that the double handle carves a roll of leaves from the syncline above the middle section of the abdominal wall, in which small flowers bloom. It is totally different from the typical Mengwuer double handle bowl in that the lower edge of the abdominal wall is attached to the wall of the utensil and the shallow relief of the acanthus tuberosus grows from the leaf to the mouth edge, and then hangs the bud. It may be a new style sold to China in the late 18th century. After the bowl was handed over to the Qing Dynasty, it was treasured by the Emperor Qianlong. The jade workers were ordered to engrave “for the Emperor Qianlong” and “descendants” on the inside and the inside of the bowl respectively