十七/十八世紀 痕都斯坦白玉嵌寶石鎏金鐵片八方蓋盒17TH-18TH CENTURY十七/十八世紀 痕都斯坦白玉嵌寶石鎏金鐵片八方蓋盒3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) wideThe 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, Taiwan, 1983, Catalogue, no. 62. Compare also an octagonal box with domed cover and glass inlay, illustrated ibid., no. 61.Details A VERY RARE MUGHAL WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL BOX AND COVER17TH-18TH CENTURYEach facet of the box is carved in low relief with paired stylised 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, theyre centred with additional diamonds mounted in gold.3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) wide Provenance George Horan Ltd., St Christophers Place, London, 1974 Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1594 Conditions of sale