Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 4th July 2018

Lot 250

λ A rare collection of thirty-six Indian carved ivory botanical specimens

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £3700

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Description

λ A rare collection of thirty-six Indian carved ivory botanical specimens, polychrome decorated, comprising: fruit, vegetables and spices, including: mango, nutmeg and mace, pineapple, plantain, jack fruit and pomegranate, late 19th century, together with a beetle, housed in an English stained pine box with numbered divisions and a typed index list, 9.1cm long (max), the box: 35cm wide. (38)