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# Book cover

This rare jewelled nephrite jade cover for a manuscript was made within the Mughal empire, almost certainly in a court workshop, in the 18th century. It is in three sections, fashioned in very pale greyish green nephrite.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02584-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02584-is) · Pramāṇa
