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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE ELLIPTICAL BOX AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE ELLIPTICAL BOX AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The thin-walled box is raised on the shoulders of two squatting demons and carved in low relief on the sides with scrolling, leafy stems inlaid with 'jewels' below a narrow herringbone border at the rim. The cover is pierced and carved with further scrolling, leafy stems below the hollow finial with 'jewel' center.
7 in. (18 cm.) long, wood stand
19TH CENTURY
The thin-walled box is raised on the shoulders of two squatting demons and carved in low relief on the sides with scrolling, leafy stems inlaid with 'jewels' below a narrow herringbone border at the rim. The cover is pierced and carved with further scrolling, leafy stems below the hollow finial with 'jewel' center.
7 in. (18 cm.) long, wood stand