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AN IVORY INLAID PADOUK AND MARQUETRY VENEERED CABINET
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AN IVORY INLAID PADOUK AND MARQUETRY VENEERED CABINET

PROBABLY GUJARAT, WEST INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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AN IVORY INLAID PADOUK AND MARQUETRY VENEERED CABINET
PROBABLY GUJARAT, WEST INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with fall front revealing seven graduated drawers, on four ball feet, all the visible surfaces decorated with ivory figures, animals or birds set against a ground of dense flowering and leafy trees, in a border of ivory inlaid floral meander, each of the drawer fronts with similar designs, the edges with ivory stringing, slight repairs, later brass mounts
10 5/8 x 7½ x 7½in. (27 x 18.8 x 19.3cm.)
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Lot Essay

A very similar cabinet is in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (Marilyn Jenkins (ed.), Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.123. A further example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Amin Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India, London, 2002, no.7, pp.28-29).

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