Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, ca. 1730–50, Italian, Naples, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Overall (confirmed): 3 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 4 9/16 in. (8.7 x 16.7 x 11.6 cm), Natural Substances, The techniques of piqué incrusté (mother-of-pearl inlay) and piqué point-d’or (encrusted with miniscule gold nails) used to embellish this box originated in Naples during the late sixteenth century and reached their peak during the first half of the eighteenth century
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Box, Rachel Meeting Jacob, Well, ca, 1730–50, Italian, Naples, Tortoiseshell, mother, pearl, gold, Overall, confirmed, 3 7/16 x 6 9/16 4 9/16, 8.7 16.7 11.6 cm, Natural Substances, techniques, piqué incrusté, pearl inlay, point-d, encrusted, miniscule gold, nails, embellish, box originated, late sixteenth, century, reached, peak, first half, eighteenth century
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