AN ANGLO-INDIAN HORN AND IVORY BOX
Lot 418

AN ANGLO-INDIAN HORN AND IVORY BOX

MURSHIDABAD OR BERHAMPUR, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed22 November 2011

Price Realised

GBP 1,875

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN HORN AND IVORY BOX
MURSHIDABAD OR BERHAMPUR, MID-19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with fretwork, with twin-hinged covers, swing handle and paw feet
9½ in. (24 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Ivory-inlaid, carved and mounted furniture and trinkets such as the present lot were specialities of the eastern Indian region encompassing Murshidibad, Berhampur and Cossimbazar in the first half of the 19th century.