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Painted chest

unknown artist1770/1799

Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization

Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization
Athens, Greece

Painted chest. The exterior decoration consists of Ottoman rococo motifs, fruit, flowers and female figures. On the inside of the lid is the depiction of an idyllic landscape dominated by two Ottoman horsemen and a group of people on foot, dressed in European clothes. From Lesvos island, late 18th c. H. 0.55, L. 0.85, W. 0.45 m. (ΓΕ 37951)

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