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A Mughal rock crystal mango-shaped flask inlaid with rubies and emeralds set in gold, India, Mughal,
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Description
cut into two equal halves from a single block of crystal and carved and polished in the form of a mango fruit, with a single bore hole forming an aperture at the top mounted with a gold collar, the outer surface decorated with a leaf-and-scroll arabesque in gold wire punctuated with cabochon rubies and emeralds fixed in flower-form settings
length: 5.7cm. (2 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Mitchell Crites, London, 1985
Literature
W. Dalrymple and Y. Sharma, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, New York, 2012, no.81, p.178
E. Gibbs in M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.23, pp.84-86
Exhibited
Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2012
length: 5.7cm. (2 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Mitchell Crites, London, 1985
Literature
W. Dalrymple and Y. Sharma, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, New York, 2012, no.81, p.178
E. Gibbs in M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.23, pp.84-86
Exhibited
Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2012
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cut into two equal halves from a single block of crystal and carved and polished in the form of a mango fruit, with a single bore hole forming an aperture at the top mounted with a gold collar, the outer surface decorated with a leaf-and-scroll arabesque in gold wire punctuated with cabochon rubies and emeralds fixed in flower-form settings
length: 5.7cm. (2 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Mitchell Crites, London, 1985
Literature
W. Dalrymple and Y. Sharma, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, New York, 2012, no.81, p.178
E. Gibbs in M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.23, pp.84-86
Exhibited
Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2012
length: 5.7cm. (2 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Mitchell Crites, London, 1985
Literature
W. Dalrymple and Y. Sharma, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, New York, 2012, no.81, p.178
E. Gibbs in M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.23, pp.84-86
Exhibited
Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2012
The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection
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