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# Box and cover

This box and cover of nephrite jade were made within the Mughal empire in the 18th century and have a matching stand which is also in the museum's collection: 02580(IS). The box has three internal compartments separated by partition walls fashioned from the same block of jade and which meet at the centre.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02579-is-to-02579a-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02579-is-to-02579a-is) · Pramāṇa
