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Casket
unknown author17th century
Museu do Oriente
Lisboa, Portugal
Casket used to store jewellery, with decoration in "fish scales" technique, which consisted in the application in wood of thin sheets of mother of pearl, fixed by small nails in silver, according to certain decorative models
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Details
- Title: Casket
- Creator: unknown author
- Date Created: 17th century
- Location: India, Gujarat
- Physical Dimensions: 16,5 x 23,5 x 13 cm
- Type: furniture
- Rights: Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente
- External Link: http://www.museudooriente.pt/
- Medium: teak covered with mother of pearl, traces of red paint and silk, silver fittings
- Photographer: Hugo Maertens, BNP Paribas / Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente
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