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A CARVED FRUITWOOD CASKET
A CARVED FRUITWOOD CASKET

ABADEH, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED FRUITWOOD CASKET
ABADEH, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the flat top with raised central panel, the sides decorated with floral blooms with deeply carved borders, the top with a lion and dragon locked in a struggle, with floral meanders around, the interior lined in blue silk
3 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 8¾in. (10 x 34.1 x 22.2cm.)

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In the 19th century the art of wood-carving in Iran was largely confined to the village of Abadeh, where pearwood was used and the only tool employed was a penknife (Vernoit, S., Occidentalism in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, vol.XXIII, Oxford, 1997, no.35, pp. 69).

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