A Mughal ruby-set white jade lid mounted as a box...
A Mughal ruby-set white jade lid mounted as a box
India, 18th Century, the box 19th Century
of circular form, carved and decorated with a band of foliate motifs surrounding a central rosette set with a ruby, later mounted as a silver gilt box with hardstone base
the jade lid 7.5 cm. diam.
Provenance and Exhibited
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
Published
Momin Latif, Mughal Jewels, Brussels 1982, p. 157, cat. 13.
Jade Mughal boxes, of which the lid of the present lot likely belonged, were often decorated in this manner. An example with a similar round lid and decorative scheme with central ruby is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan (see Exquisite Beauty, Islamic Jades, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 2012, p.106, cat. 120).
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A Mughal ruby-set white jade lid mounted as a box
India, 18th Century, the box 19th Century
of circular form, carved and decorated with a band of foliate motifs surrounding a central rosette set with a ruby, later mounted as a silver gilt box with hardstone base
the jade lid 7.5 cm. diam.
Provenance and Exhibited
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
Published
Momin Latif, Mughal Jewels, Brussels 1982, p. 157, cat. 13.
Jade Mughal boxes, of which the lid of the present lot likely belonged, were often decorated in this manner. An example with a similar round lid and decorative scheme with central ruby is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan (see Exquisite Beauty, Islamic Jades, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 2012, p.106, cat. 120).
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