DECCAN OR MUGHAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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AN IMPORTANT DIAMOND AND ENAMEL JAR & COVER
Deccan or Mughal, late 17th century
The baluster shaped pot set with table-cut diamonds forming six panels of flower sprays on a green guilloché enamel background, the top and bottom with borders of red enamel with white and blue enamel detail, the base with green guilloché enamel radiating flower motif, the matching domed cover with single pearl finial, the inside with green guilloché enamel radiating flower motif
4 7/8in. (12.2cm.) high
448.8 grams

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Please note that this lot is probably mid 18th century and not late 17th century as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

The form of this covered pot is reminiscent of that of the well-known enamelled covered gold pot in the Cleveland Museum of Art (M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, London, 1997, no.29, p. 52). The engraved designs under the green enamel, especially those under the base, are also very close to those under the covers and under the base of the well-known enamelled gold covered octagonal boxes in the Khalili Collection and the Hermitage Museum (Zebrowski, op.cit, p.53).

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