MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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A JADE POWDER FLASK
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of curved tapering form, the jade body carved in relief with a central flower and leaf motifs, one end terminating with domed iron lid finial with gold damascened floral motifs and hinged handle, with original similarly decorated brass stopper and handle, some losses to the damascening
5¼in. (13.4cm.) long

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Lot Essay

A similar but slightly earlier carved mottled grey jade powder horn was sold in these Rooms 23 September 2005, lot 147. Two similar jade powder flasks to that one are in the National Palace Museum of Taipei, published in the Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, nos. 69 and 70. A further green jade example was with Spink (Gopis, Goddesses and Demons, exhibition catalogue, London, 2000, no,30, p.46).

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