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A carved ivory handscreen, Ceylon 17th century
composed of radiating segments of ivory enclosed within gilt copper bands, the handle carved with a female deity with two attendants, the other side with a dancing female figures, the cusped panel flanked by two mythical creatures with peacock's bodies and makara heads, - 20in. (50.8cm.) 17th century (two cracks and lacking some copper bands) See illustration
composed of radiating segments of ivory enclosed within gilt copper bands, the handle carved with a female deity with two attendants, the other side with a dancing female figures, the cusped panel flanked by two mythical creatures with peacock's bodies and makara heads, - 20in. (50.8cm.) 17th century (two cracks and lacking some copper bands) See illustration