LATE 17TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN ENGRAVED SILVER-MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY TABLE CABINET
LATE 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular top above a pair of doors, enclosing ten variously-sized drawers arranged around a central cupboard with secret bottom drawer and revealing two small secret niches with shaped metal handles, the sides centred by drop handles, the reverse line-inlaid
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Dr. Amin Jaffer notes that the form of the present cabinet, fitted with a pair of doors rather than a fall-front, was introduced as a result of Western influence at the end of the seventeenth century. A cabinet of similar form is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (A. Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India: the Art of the Indian Cabinet-Maker, London, 2002, no. 25) while a closely related table cabinet of comparable arrangement but devoid of an arcaded interior, was sold Christie's, London, 9 November 2006, lot 128.

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