Reference:
AI134
Description:
An Anglo Indian box decorated with sadeli mosaic. See Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, and Society, 1700--1880
Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly, ISBN: 0764316885
pages 155-159. The geometric designs were executed in ivory, ebony,
white metal and wood.
This work was introduced first to Bombay from Persia, but later it
was also made in Calcutta.
Origin: India.
Circa: 1881. There
is an inscription on the base dating it.
Materials: Wood,
ebony, ivory, white metal.
Size: 2.7"square. 6.8cm.
Condition: |
