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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
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A VERY RARE MUGHAL WHITE JADE 十七/十八世紀 痕都斯坦白玉嵌寶石鎏金鐵片八方蓋盒
OCTAGONAL BOX AND COVER 來源:
17TH-18TH CENTURY George Horan Ltd.，倫敦，1974年
Each facet is carved in low relief with paired stylised leaves and 香港佳士得，2007年5月29日，拍品1594號
tendrils rising either side of an inset iron shield similarly decorated in
gold koftgari and centered with a jade bead, the faceted domed cover
surmounted by a fluted knop inset with a Mughal table cut diamond
mounted in gold, the panels on the cover alternately repeating the
design on the base with iron panels of gold koftgari between designs
of lotus flowers, their centres with additional diamonds mounted
in gold.
3√ in. (9.8 cm.) wide
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
George Horan Ltd., St Christopher’s Place, London, 1974
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1594

The stylised borders of lotus designs, the application of inlaid panels
with gold applied to the surface in the koftgari manner found on the
present box and cover was well-known to artists from the Mughal courts
and is evident on khanjar daggers and sword decoration in wide usage in
China and Tibet.

An octagonal jade box and cover of similar faceted form is illustrated in
A Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum,
Taiwan, 1983, Catalogue, no. 62. Compare also an octagonal box with
domed cover and glass inlay, illustrated ibid., no. 61.
(top view 頂部)

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