A KASHMIR IVORY AND BRASS INLAID CARVED AND OPENWORK THREE LEAF SCREEN
A KASHMIR IVORY AND BRASS INLAID CARVED AND OPENWORK THREE LEAF SCREEN

NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A KASHMIR IVORY AND BRASS INLAID CARVED AND OPENWORK THREE LEAF SCREEN
NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each leaf with cusped top, the central rectangular panel inlaid in ivory on one side and in brass on the other with a flowering tree within a similar border, a similar small panel above, surrounded by an arrangement of a variety of rectangular panels each with a different openwork lattice, some complex, some including rosettes, some with solid spandrels, the upper panel with a similar central arch flanked by scrolling pierced vine, within reeded bands and borders of carved floral meander, very slight damages and loss of inlay
Each leaf 75.5/8 x 22.7/8in. (192 x 58.3cm.)

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