Coffin, decorated with openwork ivory plates against a reflective background. Corner fittings, handles, key plate and key made of silver, Casket, rectangular, decorated with openwork ivory plates, which are arranged against a reflective background on a wooden core. The sculpture consists of symmetrical, curly, floral and leaf vines, while the flat lid shows a rosette and four women (goddesses?) Rising halfway out of flower nodes. The corners of the box are decorated with openwork silver fittings, the handles, key plate, the key, the long hinges and the convex heads of the nails on the lid and around the key plate are of the same material, Sri Lanka, anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1710, ivory, silver (metal), h 11.5 cm × w 25.2 cm × d 17.5 cm × d 19 cm, Weesp, c. 1759–1771
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Coffin, decorated, openwork ivory plates, reflective background, Corner fittings, handles, key plate, key, black-and-white, Casket, rectangular, arranged, wooden core, sculpture consists, symmetrical, curly, floral, leaf vines, flat lid, rosette, four women, goddesses, Rising halfway out, flower nodes, corners, box, openwork black-and-white fittings, long hinges, convex heads, nails, lid, material, Sri Lanka, c, 1690, 1710, ivory, metal
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