MUGHAL OR DECCANI, 17TH CENTURY

细节

A CELADON NEPHRITE JADE CARVED WINE BOWL AND SAUCER DISH
Mughal or Deccani, 17th century
The hemispherical bowl carved on the outside with radiating petals, the base in the form of a eight petaled flower, the two handles in the form of flowering buds set with rubies, one missing, the saucer dish simply carved with lobed border, old damages slightly ground down; sold with a letter from a Mr Henry Thornhill of the East India Company
Bowl 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam.; dish 6 7/8in. (17.5 cm.) diam. (2)

来源

The bowl and dish are sold together with a letter from a Mr H.Thornhill to his uncle, Henry, and a copy of an exhibition label dated June 10th 1851 which repeats the main information from the letter. The relevant part of the letter reads: I hope you will accept these Jasper ornaments that I send; I got them in Lahore they formerly belonged to Schah Shooja but were taken from him by Runjeet Sing; they are very old and seeming were in the posession of the Emperors of Delhi; they are considered to be very well chased as the substance is remarkably brittle; they were found among the state treasure when Lahore was taken".

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

The carving on this bowl is particularly fine and naturalistic. The overall carving of the leaves is similar to a jade dish in the al-Sabah Collection attributed to the Deccan in the second or third quarter of the seventeenth century (LNS 320 HS; Dar al-Athar calendar 2001, entry for May). The handles are of a similar form to another bowl in the same collection attributed to Mughal or Deccani India of the mid-17th century (Keane, Manuel and Kaoukji, Salam: Treasury of the World, exhibition catalogue, London, 2001, no.8.5, p.96). While the carving of the dish is very different in aesthetic to that of the bowl in the present lot, it can again be compared to a dark green nephrite dish in the same collection attributed probably to a 17th century Deccani origin (Keane and Kaoukji, op.cit, no.8.11, p.97).