AN INDO-DUTCH CARVED OSTRICH EGG
AN INDO-DUTCH CARVED OSTRICH EGG

PROBABLY SRI LANKA, DATED 1771

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AN INDO-DUTCH CARVED OSTRICH EGG
PROBABLY SRI LANKA, DATED 1771
Extensively carved, depicting a European couple within a domestic interior to one side, and a European lady in a garden to the other
5 5/8in. (14.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
With Sven Gahlin, acquired circa 1966.
With Christopher Gibbs, London.
Exhibited
London, Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, 2017, no. 249.

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