Live Auction 14223The English Collector: English Furniture, Clocks, European Ceramics & Portrait Miniatures
AN ANGLO-INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY, HORN AND SANDALWOOD SARCOPHAGUS-SHAPED WORK BOX
Lot 83

AN ANGLO-INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY, HORN AND SANDALWOOD SARCOPHAGUS-SHAPED WORK BOX

VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed17 May 2017

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GBP 3,750

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN ENGRAVED IVORY, HORN AND SANDALWOOD SARCOPHAGUS-SHAPED WORK BOX
VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with foliate and palmette and anthemion borders, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior with a removable tray with covered and open compartments on lion paw feet
6 ½ in. (17 cm.) high; 9 ¼ in. (24 cm.) wide; 6.3.4 in. (17.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A comparable workbox with similar palmette and anthemion border was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 21 May 2015, lot 66 (£5,000 including premium).