NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A CARVED MUGHAL IVORY PENCASE
NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with separate slightly cantilevered cover and slightly spreading base, the surface covered with a very finely carved cusped ogival lattice of quatrefoils containing rosettes around larger cartouches containing rosettes issuing serrated leaves and irises, within a rosette and leafy meander border, a band of trefoil leaf motifs around the base, the interior fitted with a tray divided into three longitudinal panels with cusped arched ends, three small rectangular openings at one end for inkwells, negligible damages
11in. (28cm.) wide
NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with separate slightly cantilevered cover and slightly spreading base, the surface covered with a very finely carved cusped ogival lattice of quatrefoils containing rosettes around larger cartouches containing rosettes issuing serrated leaves and irises, within a rosette and leafy meander border, a band of trefoil leaf motifs around the base, the interior fitted with a tray divided into three longitudinal panels with cusped arched ends, three small rectangular openings at one end for inkwells, negligible damages
11in. (28cm.) wide