An Ottoman Ivory-Inlaid Scribe's Box, Turkey, Circa 17th Century of rectangular form with detachable cover, inlaid with wood, ivory, ebony, green and red stained ivory, each side with a central foliate ivory cartouche with diamond medallion and palmette terminals reserved on a wood ground, flanked and bordered by geometric trellis and diamond patterning surrounded by polygonal bands of alternating ebony and ivory, the cover with green and red stained ivory plaques and filaments, the front with a later repoussé lock 47 by 24.5 by 21.7cm.
An Ottoman Ivory-Inlaid Scribe's Box, Turkey, Circa 17th Century of rectangular form with detachable cover, inlaid with wood, ivory, ebony, green and red stained ivory, each side with a central foliate ivory cartouche with diamond medallion and palmette terminals reserved on a wood ground, flanked and bordered by geometric trellis and diamond patterning surrounded by polygonal bands of alternating ebony and ivory, the cover with green and red stained ivory plaques and filaments, the front with a later repoussé lock 47 by 24.5 by 21.7cm.
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