Live Auction 17464Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence
A JADE SPITTOON
Lot 298

A JADE SPITTOON

MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 June 2019

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USD 35,000

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A JADE SPITTOON
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Carved from a single piece of jade in the shape of a poppy seed-head, curling foliate handle, flowerhead foot
2 ins. (5 cm.) high; 2 ¼ ins. (5.8 cm.) diam.

Specialist note

A very similar carved jade spittoon, dated to the 17th century, is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (LNS 243 HS; Keene and Kaoukji, 2001, no.8.13, p.98).