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A circular box with a Mughal jade carved lid, North India, second half 18th century and later
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of rounded form with a plain quartz underside and a jade carved hinged lid decorated with concentric sprays of flowers around a central six petalled rosette set with a foiled ruby, the cylindrical silver sides engraved with vegetal scrolls
7.5cm. diam.; 3cm. height
Société Générale de Banque avec la colaboration des Museés Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 21 January-31 March 1982.
M.Latif, Bijoux Moghols, Brussels, 1982, p.157, no.13 and illustrated in colour on the cover
The finely carved jade-lid closely resembles a circular jade box with carved lid dated to the second half of the eighteenth century and now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, inv. no.712:1,2-1903. Both lids are carved with a concentric design consisting of floral motifs emanating from a central rosette set with a semi-precious stone in a gold setting.
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