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SRI LANKA OR INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
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AN IVORY BOOKCASE
SRI LANKA OR INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
In the form of a gospel book, the central panel's engraved decoration with two addorsed pairs of peacocks with intertwined necks bordered by a band of repeating floral pattern and another of palmettes
5½ x 4 in. (14 x 10cm.)
SRI LANKA OR INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
In the form of a gospel book, the central panel's engraved decoration with two addorsed pairs of peacocks with intertwined necks bordered by a band of repeating floral pattern and another of palmettes
5½ x 4 in. (14 x 10cm.)
Special notice
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