Estimate

6.000 - 10.000

Session 2

5 March 2020

Hammer Price

Description

Teak, Indian rosewood, ebony and ivory
Concentric ivory amphorae
Raised and pierced copper applied elements, handles and lock escutcheon
On four bun feet
India, 17th century
(restoration, losses and defects)

18,5x40,5x32,5cm

Category

Furniture

Additional Information

Similar shaped piece of diverse decoration was exhibited at "Via Orientalis, Europália 91 - Portugal", Galeries de la CGER, Brussels, 1991, and was published in the exhibition catalogue.
Brussels: International Europália Foundation, 1991, p. 119, nº 89.
A similar writing cabinet published in DIAS, Pedro - "Mobiliário Indo-Português". Moreira de Cónegos: Imaginalis, 2013, p. 338.