A MOTHER-OF-PEARL OVERLAID GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WOOD CASKET GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1600 Of rectangular form with coffered top, overlaid with mother-of-pearl set in black lac, the front and back with three arched panels each containing flowering trees on a dense leafy ground, the sides with similar decoration, the top and shoulders with arabesques forming an ogival lattice enclosing palmettes, within borders of alternating chequered motifs, later gilded brass mounts and handles, the interior with later painted cusped medallion on red ground, on later wooden base 14 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (36 x 51 x 32.2cm.) Provenance
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL OVERLAID GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WOOD CASKET GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1600 Of rectangular form with coffered top, overlaid with mother-of-pearl set in black lac, the front and back with three arched panels each containing flowering trees on a dense leafy ground, the sides with similar decoration, the top and shoulders with arabesques forming an ogival lattice enclosing palmettes, within borders of alternating chequered motifs, later gilded brass mounts and handles, the interior with later painted cusped medallion on red ground, on later wooden base 14 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (36 x 51 x 32.2cm.) Provenance
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