The ovoid shape finely carved with overlapping rows of slender petals rising to the thin steep rounded sides rim, flanked on either side by a pair of handles each with two chrysanthemum blooms on top borne on a stem with loose ring, all raised on a short slightly spreading foot, the semi-translucent stone of mottled rich colour suffused with bright. In very good conditions, a visible hair grain and tiny chip, minor wears on the surface.15 cm x 9 cm wide, 3,2 cm wideA FINE MUGHAL-STYLE AGATE CHRYSANTHEMUM BOWL, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURYProvenance: from the private collection of a gentleman in Rome and thence by descent