Box and Cover
19th century (made)
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This box and cover have each been fashioned from single pieces of nephrite jade, which is a hard and durable material that requires patience and skill to work. Although it is a hard material, when it has been worked to give fine edges or thicknesses, it can be prone to damage by sharp impacts or significant and rapid changes in temperature. Objects such as this, fashioned from nephrite, would have been destined for wealthy or notable people.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Nephrite jade, fashioned, pierced, carved and polished using abrasives and abrasive-charged tools. |
| Brief description | Box and cover, oval, flower and leaf pierced openwork with detail carved in low relief, pale greenish grey nephrite jade, Lahore, 19th century |
| Physical description | A box and cover, fashioned in pale greenish grey nephrite jade with flower and leaf pierced openwork over the whole body. The interior surface is smooth and polished and the exterior is further decorated with detail carved in low relief. The box has a raised inner ring to the rim, to enable the lid to be located securely and it stands on a narrow, oval ring foot. The cover has an integral finial handle that has been carved as a flower bud, with detail carved in low relief. |
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| Credit line | This box and cover were bought from Mirza Ysuff Khan of 32 Duke Street, Bloomsbury, London |
| Object history | This box and cover were bought from Mirza Ysuff Khan of Duke Street, London on 21st October 1896 for the sum of £25-0-0. |
| Summary | This box and cover have each been fashioned from single pieces of nephrite jade, which is a hard and durable material that requires patience and skill to work. Although it is a hard material, when it has been worked to give fine edges or thicknesses, it can be prone to damage by sharp impacts or significant and rapid changes in temperature. Objects such as this, fashioned from nephrite, would have been destined for wealthy or notable people. |
| 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. 227, cat. no. 1148 |
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| Accession number | IS.9:1, 2-1896 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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