without case covered with ivory, with hinged lid with beveled front and back and with two drawers, with a hinged lid with beveled front and back and two drawers. All sides are completely decorated with openwork ivory plates with inside rosette and pearl edges symmetrical patterns of stylized floral and leaf vines with human and animal figures. The ivory is attached to the box with silver nails, these are later replacements of ivory pins, some of which are still present. Lock plate, pullers on the drawers and lid, handles on the sides, hinges and key of silver, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament, Sri Lanka, anonymous, c. 1660 - c. 1670, wood (plant material), ivory, silver (metal), h 17 cm × w 23.4 cm × d 12.6 cm
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case covered, ivory, hinged lid, beveled front, back, two drawers, sides, completely decorated, openwork ivory plates, inside rosette, pearl edges symmetrical patterns, stylized floral, leaf vines, human, animal figures, attached, box, black-and-white nails, later replacements, ivory pins, present, Lock plate, pullers, drawers, lid, handles, hinges, key, black-and-white, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament, Sri Lanka, c, 1660, 1670, wood, plant material, metal
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