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Description A large lapis-lazuli bowl
Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century
清十八/十九世紀 青金石海棠式盌
of lobed oval section raised on a slightly splayed foot, the mottled stone with areas of vivid blue and suffused with gold flecks?
19.6 cm wide
Condition Report There is a circa 6mm., flake to the outer edge of the rim and very minor nibbles to the edge of the rim; later glass liner.
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Provenance James Stewart Hodgson (1827-1899);
Agatha, Marchioness of Sligo (1866-1965).