VIZAGAPATAM, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SILVER MOUNTS PROBABLY BATAVIA, 18TH CENTURY

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AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED PEN-ENGRAVED IVORY-INLAID EBONY CASKET
VIZAGAPATAM, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SILVER MOUNTS PROBABLY BATAVIA, 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with dense scrolling flowers and mounted with finely chased ajoure silver
9.5 cm. high x 25.8 cm. wide x 18.5 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

This exquisite small casket is very similar to two caskets in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Both are attributed to Vizagapatam and dated circa 1720-1730. One with its fine silver mounts is very close in conception to the present lot. (cf. A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London, V&A Publications, 2001, p. 416, pl. 34.)

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