ID 1033137
Lot 45 | A NASRID OR POST-NASRID BONE-INLAID WOOD PYXIS
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
GRANADA, SPAIN, SECOND HALF 15TH OR 16TH CENTURY
The octagonal body inlaid with a mosaic of wood, silver and stained and natural bone, each side decorated with two columns of four stacked stellar motifs, with gilt-copper hinges, lock plate and handle
6 5/8in. (17cm.) high; 7 ½in. (19cm.) wide
Provenance
Private Collection, France, by 2001
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Nasrid dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Nasrid dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
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