Topic: Very large Jade / Jadeite bowl.

[mhgcgolfclub]

Thanks m

I did try but not easy, the pontil measures 3.25" max to about 3".

Roy

[flying free]

That's  a large portion polished off.  Sounds right to me given the size of the bowl.
Thank you for the extra pictures

m

[glassobsessed]

I have a small S&W alabaster plate here, never noticed before but it too is surprisingly translucent. I have some photos on my phone but will have to resize them later when I get home before I can add them.

I think I can see white spots in your photos of the green bowl - consistent with known S&W Alabaster wares.

[flying free]

It also has a strange appearance on the outside wall, i.e appears paler than the inside colour. This is the same as a couple of lidded boxes I own.  Bizarrely it's as though instead of the white of the stems and knops found on some pieces, the white was used to very finely case the coloured opaline on the inside.
There's something about S&W alabaster and no other maker I've found has the same appearance in their opaline glass.

m

[glassobsessed]

Are the lidded pots as thin walled and translucent as this plate and Roy's bowl? I remember them as fairly chunky.