Arts of the Islamic World & India

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A Mughal jade 'pistol-grip' hilt, India, 18th century

Estimate

2,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the mottled, pale green plain jade hilt carved in a ‘pistol-grip’ form

15cm.

Philippe Missillier Collection no.100C

The finger-grips on this otherwise undecorated hilt indicate an eighteenth-century dating.

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