Jadeite of flattened rectangular form, pale green stone well carved on each side in Moghul style with litus sprays enveloped by curled stems and leaves with design repeated on the narrow sides, the base carved in the shape of a stylised crysthanthumum. 

1800-1850

6.9cm

Published:
Derek Shepherd, The Heriot Collection: Volume II, 2023, fig 61

Moghul style was popular carving after 1760 and admired by the court of the Emperor.