A fine Ottoman mother-of-pearl-inlaid wooden child's cradle, Turkey, 18th/19th century

of typical form enclosed by openwork balustrade with lyre-shaped head- and end-sections elaborately carved and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with decorative inscriptions, flags and trophies flanked by floral and foliate scrolls, the base and cross-bar with further floral motifs

in good condition, minor cracks and abrasions to areas of mother-of-pearl inlay inherent nature of the material, loss to extremities of far left slat, mother-of-pearl inlay flag decoration with ivory inlay (visible in catalogue illustration), as viewed
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