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Heart-shaped covered box

18th century
Object PlaceMughal, India
Medium/TechniqueStone; green nephrite jade
Dimensions5.5 x 11.7 cm (2 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.); Legacy dimension: H: 0.055 m W: 0.117 m
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.198
On View
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ClassificationsBoxes
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1966)
19th century
18th century
17th or 18th century
late 17th–early 18th century
17th century
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.
Bird-shaped pendant
about 2000 B.C.