Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
PROPERTY OF A LADY
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
M.Latif, Bijoux Moghols, Brussels, 1982, p.157, no.13 and illustrated in colour on the cover
Société Générale de Banque avec la colaboration des Museés Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 21 January-31 March 1982.
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.