Casket for pan
Pan Dan
c. 1650-1700 (made)
c. 1650-1700 (made)
The pale green nephrite box and cover are in the shape of a leaf from the piper betel tree. The sides are decorated with single flower heads on a scrolling line, all in low relief. The cover has a single flowering plant with a very long, slender, straight stem from which flowers of different kinds radiate out to cover the convex surface.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Casket for pan (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | nephrite jade |
| Brief description | Pale green nephrite jade, Mughal, second half of 17th century |
| Physical description | The pale green nephrite box and cover are in the shape of a leaf from the piper betel tree. The sides are decorated with single flower heads on a scrolling line, all in low relief. The cover has a single flowering plant with a very long, slender, straight stem from which flowers of different kinds radiate out to cover the convex surface. |
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| Credit line | Wells Bequest |
| Object history | Wells Bequest. |
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| Bibliographic reference | The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]
p. 228, cat. no. 1153 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1601-1882 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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