Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets

A DECCANI CARVED IVORY PEN-BOX, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

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Auction Closed

June 10, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A DECCANI CARVED IVORY PEN-BOX, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

the ivory body of rectangular form with a coffered lid, with four internal compartments, the exterior decorated with arcades of flowering plants bordered by bands of scrolling floral rosettes and palmettes, one panel showing a monkey, truncated palmette-form feet carved on the underside in low relief

26.5 by 11.5 by 9cm.

This lot contains ivory. Due to recent changes in the laws of many countries (e.g. US, France) Sotheby’s recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. Please note that Sotheby’s will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby’s assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry. Sotheby’s shipping will only assist in shipping the lot to either domestic UK or EU destinations, where delivery is made by road transport. A buyer’s inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation.

Sotheby's London, The Sven Gahlin Collection, 6th October 2015, lot 135.

Ex-collection Nicholas Woodbridge, Bath, acquired in 1989.

There is a similar pen-box in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin. A comparable arcade of polylobed cartouches bordered by scrolling lotus palmettes is found on a seventeenth-century Deccani box panel in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see Pal 1981, p.80, nos.71, 72).