Live Auction 17464Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence
A ROCK-CRYSTAL LIDDED CONTAINER
Lot 235

A ROCK-CRYSTAL LIDDED CONTAINER

GOA, DECCAN, OR NORTH INDIA, 1575-1625

Closed19 June 2019

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A ROCK-CRYSTAL LIDDED CONTAINER
GOA, DECCAN, OR NORTH INDIA, 1575-1625
The body carved from one piece of rock crystal, set with rubies and an emerald in finely crafted gold mounts, the lid attached on one side with a delicate gold clasp, underside with undecorated rock crystal body
1 7/8 ins. (4.8 cm.) high; 2 3/8 ins. (5.9 cm.) wide; 1 7/8 ins. (4.8 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A similar gem set rock crystal box is at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 1982, no.373, p.122). That entry notes other examples in the British Museum and in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul. A further example was sold Christie's, London, 6 October 2011, lot 382.