18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A MUGHAL GOLD AND GEMSTONE-INLAID WHITE JADE JAR
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The globular body raised on a shallow foot carved on the underside as a flowerhead and inlaid with foil-backed gemstones, probably rubies, around the sides with flower sprays set between trefoil borders, the drop handles also inlaid with foliate motifs and the slightly flared neck with flower sprigs, the translucent stone of pale greenish-white color
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) across handles

Lot Essay

For a carved jade jar of this spherical form with similar handles, described as Mughal and dated 17th-18th century, see R. Keverne, ed., Jade, New York, 1991, p. 288, fig. 29, where it is noted that jars of this shape were popular as a form in Hindustan jades.

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