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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
3090
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 of the box is carved in low relief with paired stylised 香港佳士得，2007年5月29日，拍品1594號
leaves and 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 is with a
Mughal table cut diamond mounted in gold. The panels on the
cover alternately repeat the design on the base with iron panels of
gold koftgari between designs of lotus flowers, they're centred with
additional diamonds mounted in gold.
3√ in. (9.8 cm.) wide
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
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 facetted form is illustrated
in A Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, (top view 頂部)
Taiwan, 1983, Catalogue, no. 62. Compare also an octagonal box with
domed cover and glass inlay, illustrated ibid., no. 61.

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