Live Auction 7818Spanish Splendour - The Collection of a Marqués
Lot 122

AN INDIAN METAL-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND IVORY CABINET

LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJURAT

Closed5 November 2009

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GBP 45,650

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AN INDIAN METAL-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND IVORY CABINET
LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJURAT
The tortoiseshell engraved to the reverse overall with images of angels, clerics and birds, the fall-front enclosing seven drawers, on later bun feet, with two paper labels to the underside inscribed '269' and '237'
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The cabinet offered here is virtually identical to another example in the Távora Sequeira Pinto Collection, Oporto thought to have been made in the Indian province of Gujarat in the 16th century (Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Exotica - the Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance Kunstkammer, 17 Oct. 2001 - 6 Jan. 2002, pp. 142-3, no. 42.)