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Box

ca. 1881 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box, rosewood inlaid with brass wire, Manipuri, c.1851.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Rosewood inlaid with brass wire, with brass hinges
Brief description
Box, rosewood inlaid with brass wire, Manipuri, c.1851.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 20cm
  • Depth: 15cm
Credit line
Purchased from Messrs Procter & Co, Indian Art Gallery, 428, Oxford Street
Subjects depicted
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.307, pl.124.
Collection
Accession number
IS.33-1881

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Record createdDecember 5, 2002
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