A MUGHAL-STYLE JADEITE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' TRAY

19th century

19th century
Of oval form, exquisitely carved with radiating bands of chrysanthemum petals, flanked at each end with a single flowerhead issuing arched leaves to form the handles and suspending loose rings, the translucent stone of pale lavender tone, with hongmu stand. 11.3cm (4 1/2in) long. (2).

十九世紀 花式雙柄翡翠水丞

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a related white jade chrysanthemum petalled dish in the National Museum of History, Taipei, illustrated in The Jade-Carving Art in the Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1990, p.31.

參考台北國立故宮博物院館藏一例白玉花式雙柄水丞，收錄於林淑心主編，《清代玉雕藝術》，台北，1990年，頁31。