A CARVED JADE INKWELL
Lot 367

A CARVED JADE INKWELL

NORTH INDIA, 1600-1625

Closed19 June 2019

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A CARVED JADE INKWELL
NORTH INDIA, 1600-1625
Of globular form rising from short ring foot to short waisted neck, the rim with a carved protruding ring, the finely carved decoration with five large rosettes between bands of lotus and radiating petals above and below, one side with a suspension hoop
3 ¼ ins. (8.2 cm.) diam.; 2.5 ins. (6.2 cm.) high; 1 ¾ ins. (4.6 cm.) diam. at mouth

Rev. Dr. Nevil Maskelyne (d.1811) The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. His wife Margaret Maskelyne at Bassett Down, Wiltshire, thence by descent
Christie’s, South Kensington, 27 April 2012, lot 564

Specialist note

A nephrite-jade inkwell, very similar in size and decoration, is in the al-Sabah Collection (Keene with Kaoukji, 2001, p.115, cat.9.14).