A MUGHAL PIETRA DURA WHITE MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL ROUNDEL
Agra, Mughal India, 17th - 18th century

Of circular shape, decorated with polychrome pietra dura inlays including segments of jasper, yellow sandstone, green-speckled marble, and black basalt, arranged in a central double eight-pointed star medallion spraying bands of elegant floral scrollwork, reminiscent of pietra dura architectural panels at the Taj Mahal in Agra, 36.5cm diam.

Provenance: UK private collection since the early 1980s.