An Egyptian engraved slightly curved silver cigarette case carved with a dhow before a mosque -- 5in. wide; a niello-style silver photo frame -- 3in. wide; an Indian brass circular box and hinged cover with a domed finial and pierced handle -- 3in. diam; a Persian turquoise inlaid brass rectangular box and cover carved with quatrefoil panels of figures at leisure on a scrolling foliage ground, the sides with oval medallions of figures playing musical instruments, the base with a large rectangular medallion of equestrian figures hunting -- 9in. long; a Indian coral necklace; a pair of Turkoman glass inlaid white metal bracelets decorated with inset ovals on a stylised foliate scroll ground -- 4½in. long; an Indian brass chain; and a Isfahan silver rectangular tray, densly carved with scrolling foliage -- 10½in. wide, silver mark. (9)

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An Egyptian engraved slightly curved silver cigarette case carved with a dhow before a mosque -- 5in. wide; a niello-style silver photo frame -- 3in. wide; an Indian brass circular box and hinged cover with a domed finial and pierced handle -- 3in. diam; a Persian turquoise inlaid brass rectangular box and cover carved with quatrefoil panels of figures at leisure on a scrolling foliage ground, the sides with oval medallions of figures playing musical instruments, the base with a large rectangular medallion of equestrian figures hunting -- 9in. long; a Indian coral necklace; a pair of Turkoman glass inlaid white metal bracelets decorated with inset ovals on a stylised foliate scroll ground -- 4½in. long; an Indian brass chain; and a Isfahan silver rectangular tray, densly carved with scrolling foliage -- 10½in. wide, silver mark. (9)

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