Lot 100
100
A MOGHUL CARVED JADE MIRROR BACK of truncated rectangular form, carved and pierced with a dense arrangement of flowering sprays within a cusped leafy border, a red silk and metal thread brocade backing visible through the interstices, the mirror at the front with bevelled edges within a leafy jade border, 18th century (handle missing)

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A MOGHUL CARVED JADE MIRROR BACK of truncated rectangular form, carved and pierced with a dense arrangement of flowering sprays within a cusped leafy border, a red silk and metal thread brocade backing visible through the interstices, the mirror at the front with bevelled edges within a leafy jade border, 18th century (handle missing)
5 7/8 x 4 3/8in. (15 x 11.2cm.)

Lot Essay

Two very similar openwork floral mirror backs, one of oval and one of octagonal form, both catalogued as 17th century, are in the Salar Jang Museum, Hyderabad, cat. nos. XLIX-122 (fig.22) and XLIX-131 (fig.8).

Nigam, M.L.: Jade Collection in the Salar Jang Museum, Hyderabad, 1979

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