Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN INDO-PORTUGUESE ROSEWOOD AND EBONY CASKET, GOA, 17TH CENTURY
inlaid with ivory dots and floral motifs in ebony, on later feet
16cm. high, 34.5cm. wide, 24.5cm. deep; 6¼in., 1ft. 1½in., 9¾in.
Inventory, 1949, 'An Indo-Portuguese inlaid box with sliding cover, fitted one drawer, 13 ½ “ wide' on the Grand Staircase
For related examples, see those illustrated in Pedro Dias, Mobiliário Indo-Português, Moreira de Cónegos, 2013, pp. 46, 292, 293, 336, 374, 387, 398 and 400.