AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY-INLAID CASKET
GUJARAT OR SINDH, 17TH CENTURY
AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY-INLAID CASKET GUJARAT OR SINDH, 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged fall front, the top and four sides all decorated with marquetry panels, each with a composition centered around three trees surrounded by near-symmetrical arrangements of lions, humans and birds, the reverse of the front similar, the seven drawers with floral sprays surrounded by confronted birds, the reverse with concentric inlaid panels, old damages and loss of inlay, particularly on the top, fall front adapted and then reversed 13¾ x 21½ x 15½in. (35 x 54.5 x 39.5cm.)
AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY-INLAID CASKET
GUJARAT OR SINDH, 17TH CENTURY
AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY-INLAID CASKET GUJARAT OR SINDH, 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged fall front, the top and four sides all decorated with marquetry panels, each with a composition centered around three trees surrounded by near-symmetrical arrangements of lions, humans and birds, the reverse of the front similar, the seven drawers with floral sprays surrounded by confronted birds, the reverse with concentric inlaid panels, old damages and loss of inlay, particularly on the top, fall front adapted and then reversed 13¾ x 21½ x 15½in. (35 x 54.5 x 39.5cm.)
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