A SUPERB IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED WHITE KHOTAN JADE BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG, DATED YIYOU YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1765) exceptionally worked with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior inscribed with an imperial poem titled Yong Hetian yu wan ('In Praise of a Khotan Jade Bowl') extolling the flawlessness and rarity of the bowl, dated to the yiyou year of the Qianlong reign (in accordance with 1765) and followed by two seal marks reading bide ('compare yourself to jade') and langrun ('bright and lustrous'), the base incised with a four-character reign mark, the softly polished translucent stone of a lustrous even white colour 12.7 cm, 5 in.
A SUPERB IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED WHITE KHOTAN JADE BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG, DATED YIYOU YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1765) exceptionally worked with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior inscribed with an imperial poem titled Yong Hetian yu wan ('In Praise of a Khotan Jade Bowl') extolling the flawlessness and rarity of the bowl, dated to the yiyou year of the Qianlong reign (in accordance with 1765) and followed by two seal marks reading bide ('compare yourself to jade') and langrun ('bright and lustrous'), the base incised with a four-character reign mark, the softly polished translucent stone of a lustrous even white colour 12.7 cm, 5 in.
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