A JADE SPITTOON
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Carved from a single piece of jade in the shape of a poppy seed-head, curling foliate handle, flowerhead foot
2 ins. (5 cm.) high; 2 ¼ ins. (5.8 cm.) diam.
A very similar carved jade spittoon, dated to the 17th century, is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (LNS 243 HS; Keene and Kaoukji, 2001, no.8.13, p.98).