{"product_id":"pair-of-jade-bangles","title":"Pair of Jade Bangles, inlaid with 23K gold and rubies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW239703372 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003eNorth\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003eIndia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003e18\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW188865115 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"11\"\u003eth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188865115 BCX0\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW188865115 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003eNephrite jade, which originates in Chinese Central Asia, occurs in a range of colors, from a dense almost black shade of green to pale, luminescent white. Mughal rulers inherited their love and interest for this precious material from their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003eTimurid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eancestors. This challenged the seventeenth century craftsmen\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003eto shape jade into objects such as dagger handles,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003evessels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171259715 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand ornaments. 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