VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID ROSEWOOD WRITING-BOX
VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular case with a hinged back compartment opening to a fitted interior with floral borders comprising a tray, a sander and cover, and a space for an inkwell, and a sloped lid with a central floral motif within a border of scrolling flowers, enclosing an interior with a small drawer, the sides with floral sprays, with steel handles on each side
4½ in. (11 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A closely related work-box or casket is in the Victoria and Albert Museum and illustrated in A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 188, fig. 39. Similar boxes have also been sold in Le Gout Steinitz, III, Christie's, London, 6 December 2007, lot 397 (£5,000 including premium) and Sotheby's, London, 22 November 2006, lot 232 (£15,600 including premium).

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