BATAVIA, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Dutch colonial silver-mounted ebony and amboyna travel writing-box
BATAVIA, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with gadrooned mouldings, the hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with three drawers and three open compartments, above a long drawer, with carrying handles to the sides
20 cm. high x 46 cm. wide x 26 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The base of the miniature bureau bookcase in the Rijksmuseum (see note to the previous lot) bears a striking resemblence to the present box. It is likely that the Rijksmuseum bookcase, lot 190 and the present lot were executed in the same Chinese workshop in Batavia.

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