This oval bowl is in the Mughal style and has an ibex head handle with ruby eyes. There are tight curls round the body and archaistic dragon scrolls below. There is an oval protuberance forming the tail. The whole is carved from a white jade with a whiter flaw across the body.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 137

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 17 June 1964 (£425)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2