Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 2nd October 2019
Lot 565
λ A Mughal Indian rosewood and ivory casket
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2500
+ Buyers Premium
Description
λ A Mughal Indian rosewood and ivory casket, with brass mounts, inlaid with panels of flowers and borders of scrolling leaves and flowerheads, the domed hinged lid with a handle revealing a vacant interior, originally with divisions, late 17th / early 18th century, 11.3cm high, 33cm wide, 16cm deep, on a later ebonised stand. (2)
See Christie's, Indian and Islamic Works of Art and Textiles, 11th April 2008, lot 418, for a similar example.