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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND STAINED HORN CASKET
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND STAINED HORN CASKET

MURSHIDABAD OR BERHAMPUR, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND STAINED HORN CASKET
MURSHIDABAD OR BERHAMPUR, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with fretwork and beaded bands engraved with flowerheads, the rectangular hinged top enclosing a fitted interior, on paw feet
4 in. (10 cm.) high; 8¾ in. (22 cm.) wide; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) deep
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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Ivory-inlaid, carved and mounted furniture and trinkets were specialities of the eastern Indian region encompassing Murshidibad, Berhampur and Cossimbazar in the first half of the 19th century. Commenting on her trip to Berhampur in 1836, Isabella Fane noted the 'beautiful things saw there, such as the chess men, boxes, palanquins, puzzles, paper-cutters' (Miss Fane in India, 1989, p. 118, quoted in A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 239).

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