LNS 191 W

Wooden marquetry kit-box

Wooden marquetry kit-box for a calligrapher, with ivory and gold-painted details

Inv. no. LNS 191 W
Mitred, mortised and tenoned, covered in micro-mosaic (khatamkari), ivory panels carved openwork, gold-painted
Height 9.2 cm; length 36.6 cm
India, late 16th–early 17th century AD
10th–11th century AH

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