A finely carved pale green jade crutch handle Zafar Takieh of bi-furcated form. The handle has down-turned quillions carved as flower heads with dark green collars. To the centre of the flower head are gold collets set with cabochon rubies.

Provenance:

Nizam of Hyderabad
Habsburg Feldman auction, Geneva, 29 June 1988, lot 51/265
Sotheby’s, London, Art of Imperial India, 10 September 2013, lot 228