A MUGHAL CELADON JADE BOX AND COVER INDIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of oval form, the box carved in low relief with floral scrolls, the design repeated on the domed cover to encircle a panel of stylized floral sprays, the mouthrims mounted with Indian or Turkish hinged metal mounts, the stone of a celadon color with fissuring and milky-white inclusions

Collection of Robert von Hirsch, prior to 1977, thence by descent.