Casket with sloping lid

Details

• Title

  Casket with sloping lid

• Associated place

  Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (casket) (place of creation)

  Europe › Germany (mounts) (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 15th century
  c. 1540

• Material and technique

  wood, overlaid with mother-of-pearl, with silver-gilt mounts

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  overlay;

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  container › casket

• Dimensions

  16.5 x 22.5 x 15.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 33 | Mughal India

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1998.2

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