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

Image Number: K1C002430N000000000PAI
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
Description:
Blue jade, with several light brown cracks. It is carved into a round bowl, with a drooping flower and leaf pattern carved along the mouth, and a lily bouquet carved on the belly wall. The bottom of the bowl is carved with a flat lotus, and the outer circle is surrounded by rose like petals. From the lower part of both sides along the abdominal wall, stretch the acanthus vera leaves up to the mouth edge and fold them, and hang a bud below. He was sent to the Qing Palace in 1770. Emperor Qianlong wrote poems for him and engraved them on the inner wall.