[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Opium cup # Opium cup This delicately crafted cup has been fashioned from a single piece of nephrite jade imported into the Mughal empire from Khotan and dates to the 18th century. Nephrite jade was used for artefacts made for the Mughal court from the early seventeenth century. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1695–1704 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.611-1874](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.611-1874) · Pramāṇa