A MUGHAL GEM-SET NEPHRITE JADE FLYWHISK HANDLE NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY With cylindrical pale green nephrite jade shaft around a metal core inlaid with gold linked hexagons below a band of ruby-inset leaf motifs, the upper cup-shaped terminal formed from a separate piece of jade inlaid with gold and inset gems forming tendrils and flowers, shaft broken in two places, one at band of missing inlay, the other covered by a gold sheath 8¾in. (22cm.) long
A MUGHAL GEM-SET NEPHRITE JADE FLYWHISK HANDLE NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY With cylindrical pale green nephrite jade shaft around a metal core inlaid with gold linked hexagons below a band of ruby-inset leaf motifs, the upper cup-shaped terminal formed from a separate piece of jade inlaid with gold and inset gems forming tendrils and flowers, shaft broken in two places, one at band of missing inlay, the other covered by a gold sheath 8¾in. (22cm.) long
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