of shallow oval form on a thin foot carved into petal-form sections 

In good condition, natural inclusions in jade, one fine hairline crack and one very minor chip near edge, as viewed.
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This form is most probably derived from the chrysanthemum flower, a form often seen on Qing Dynasty carved jade bowls. A similar example is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 02.18.763, attributed to the Mughal or Qing court, eighteenth century.