Casket
1720-1730 (made)
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A rectangular Casket,inlaid with ivory, engraved with the domed lid,front, sides and back inlaid with fine scrolling and looping vines with leaves and flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ebony with rosewood base, inlaid with ivory, engraved and highlighted with lac, with silver hasp lock, hinges and mounts |
| Brief description | Casket, ebony with rosewood, inlaid with ivory, Vizagapatam, 1720-30. |
| Physical description | A rectangular Casket,inlaid with ivory, engraved with the domed lid,front, sides and back inlaid with fine scrolling and looping vines with leaves and flowers. |
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| Object history | acuired by the South Kensington Museum in 1854 for £11. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, Amin Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London : V&A Publications, 2001. 416 p., ill. ISBN 1851773185.p.181, pl.34. |
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| Accession number | 402-1854 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2002 |
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