A LOUIS XIV MOTHER-OF-PEARL, STAINED HORN, COPPER AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY CASKET
CIRCA 1690-1700, POSSIBLY GERMAN
A LOUIS XIV MOTHER-OF-PEARL, STAINED HORN, COPPER AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY CASKET CIRCA 1690-1700, POSSIBLY GERMAN Inlaid overall with Chinoiserie scenes within engraved strapwork borders decorated with shells, the rectangular domed lid depicting a hunting scene in a rocky landscape with a lake in the foreground and fitted with a secret drawer hidden behind one side and enclosing an amaranth-lined interior, with a mirror to the reverse, the sides decorated with further pastoral scenes, showing musicians and dancing figures in exotic landscapes, with a shallow drawer to one side, on later paw feet, losses and restorations, with paper inventory later inscribed in ink '85577' 7½ in. (15 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XIV MOTHER-OF-PEARL, STAINED HORN, COPPER AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY CASKET
CIRCA 1690-1700, POSSIBLY GERMAN
A LOUIS XIV MOTHER-OF-PEARL, STAINED HORN, COPPER AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY CASKET CIRCA 1690-1700, POSSIBLY GERMAN Inlaid overall with Chinoiserie scenes within engraved strapwork borders decorated with shells, the rectangular domed lid depicting a hunting scene in a rocky landscape with a lake in the foreground and fitted with a secret drawer hidden behind one side and enclosing an amaranth-lined interior, with a mirror to the reverse, the sides decorated with further pastoral scenes, showing musicians and dancing figures in exotic landscapes, with a shallow drawer to one side, on later paw feet, losses and restorations, with paper inventory later inscribed in ink '85577' 7½ in. (15 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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