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18th C. Mughal Celadon Jade Chrysanthemum Dish

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
18th C. Mughal Celadon Jade Chrysanthemum Dish
Featured in this lot is a Mughal-Style Pale Celadon Jade ‘Chrysanthemum’ Dish, Qing Dynasty, circa 18th Century, from the Owen D. Mort, Jr. Collection. Owen David Mort was an American engineer who amassed an impressive collection throughout his worldwide travels. His collection has included art, artifacts and other historical items from which he has donated to museums at the University of Utah and Snite Museum of Art, the University of Notre Dame. Mughal jades, made by Indian jade carvers of the Mughal Empire (1526–1858), were first brought to China during the eighteenth century as gifts to the Qianlong emperor and immediately caught the imagination of the Qing court. They are famed for their floral shapes, intricate decoration, thin bodies, and soft luster, which inspired Chinese jade carvers to create novel styles. A thin concave-shaped translucent dish delicately formed as a chrysanthemum flower with concentric rows of narrow petals radiating outwards from the cross-hatched centre to the rim. Dish exhibits evidence of cracks and repair, age and use wear observed, no other marring noted. Measures 7.5" diameter rim, 4.5" diameter foot approximately.*