Live Auction 4215Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
AN INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY WORK-BOX
Lot 15

AN INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY WORK-BOX

VIZIGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed7 February 2012

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GBP 8,125

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AN INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY WORK-BOX
VIZIGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with views of buildings within foliate borders, the hinged cover revealing a mirror, twin side flaps and a compartmented interior, a long drawer below, losses
17¾ in. (45.2 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The engraved decoration, including architectural scenes and nature set within broad foliate borders places, typifies the work of Vizagapatam in the late 18th century. See Amin Jaffer, Furniture From British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, pp. 204, fig. 48.