A Mughal style gem-set rock-crystal box
India, 20th Century
of circular form with separate domed lid, carved in low relief with niches filled with flowering plants, with vegetal motifs between the niches, the flowerheads set with gemstones in gold mounts, the foot carved in relief in the form of a flowerhead, the lid with further niches with flowering plants and gadrooned finial surmounted by a gem-set flowerhead surrounded by a frieze of leaves
9.2 cm. high, 8.4 cm. diameter