λ AN INDO-PORTUGUESE TORTOISESHELL HARDWOOD AND IVORY TABLE CABINET ON LATER STAND

λ AN INDO-PORTUGUESE TORTOISESHELL HARDWOOD AND IVORY TABLE CABINET ON LATER STAND

MUGHAL, GUJARAT OR SINDH, LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

engraved with leaf and flower panels and with parquetry banding, the hinged lid revealing a velvet lined compartment, above a pair of hinged doors enclosing an arrangement of ten drawers with green stained banding, the sides with brass carrying handles, the later cocus wood stand fitted with a frieze drawer

cabinet: 52cm high, 61.8cm wide, 41cm deep

overall: 122.9cm high, 65.4cm wide, 42.6cm deep

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Billiard-Room, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'Indo-Portuguese cabinet, with folding doors enclosing drawers, inlaid with arabesques and chequer pattern in ivory, £10.0.0.'

*This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate.