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A MOLDED GOURD CRICKET CAGE
18TH CENTURY
Of waisted form, the sides lightly incised and stained in sepia in a painterly style with thatched buildings nestled amidst trees beside a river spanned by a bridge, with ivory mounts, the cover with a reticulated, tortoiseshell inset intricately carved with the "Three Friends" above an inner cell pattern screen--4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Of waisted form, the sides lightly incised and stained in sepia in a painterly style with thatched buildings nestled amidst trees beside a river spanned by a bridge, with ivory mounts, the cover with a reticulated, tortoiseshell inset intricately carved with the "Three Friends" above an inner cell pattern screen--4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high