An Indo-Portuguese silver filigree casket, India, Probably Goa, 17th/18th century

of rectangular form with a hinged bevelled cover and flowerhead lock to front, the interior with two lidded compartments each with twisted ring to open, the lid decorated with openwork filigree designs, the body with filigree foliate motifs against a silver ground, standing on four globular feet

In overall good condition, one hinge loose, as viewed.
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A similar filigree casket of larger proportions is in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art (inv. no. 283, illustrated in Rogers 2007, p.242, no.283). Even though the shape is associated with European models, the filigree work is attributable to Gujarati craftsmen who had a long-standing tradition of this type of intricate workmanship. Another comparable casket is in the Museo Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon (inv. no. 67, Gift of J. Kugel 1953), attributed to the seventeenth century.