Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 2nd October 2019
Lot 567
λ An 18th century Anglo-Indian ebony and ivory document box
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4500
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Description
λ An 18th century Anglo-Indian ebony and ivory document box, inlaid with scrolling leaves and flowers with incised lac decorated details, the hinged lid with a moulded ivory edge revealing further decoration to the underside of the lid and with a divided interior fitted with three drawers, with brass side carrying handles, Vizagapatam, c.1720-30, 11.8cm high, 47.5cm wide, 32.7cm deep.
For a similar box in the V& A Museum, see Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, p.186, pl.37.