A Mughal carved jade mirror, India, 18th century
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of oval form with cusped edges, the back carved in low relief with an elegant flowering plant, the short handle with pierced decoration comprising floral and foliate motifs
22.7cm height.
Private German collection, pre-1930 to 2018.
For other eighteenth century Mughal jade mirrors of comparable form and decoration which have sold at auction, see Christie's London, 'A Window on the Orient - A Distinguished Private Collection', 4 November 2010, lot 246; and 1 April 2021, lot 69. Another comparable jade Mughal mirror dated to the last quarter of the seventeenth century, formerly in the Al-Thani collection, sold at Christie's New York, 19 June 2019, lot 370.
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