PROVENANCE: from Lynchburg, VA Private collector. Measurements: Bowl Height: 7.8 cm, Diam.: 8.4 cm, Stand Height: 2.8 cm, Diam.: 21.2 cm, Weight: 1520 g Chinese Qing Dynasty White Jade Bowl On Carved Gilt Plate Stand. The bowl has an open mouth, deep arced body, and short ring foot. Elegantly and smooth presented upon a carved gilt stand with archaic ruyi and auspicious pattern, fitted original bottom base created Majestic bowl. The white Jade has a lustrous tone, with pale-celadon iridescent and attractive sporadic golden russet inclusions, exquisite and detail, the jade stone have clean tone, with pale-celadon iridescent and moist milky appearance. Jade is precious because it is rare, and because the quality of jade corresponds to virtue. It relates to such virtues as benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, propriety, loyalty, and trustworthiness, and it also corresponds to the ways of the heaven and earth.