AN ENGRAVED AND PIERCED BRASS CASKET

Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Of rectangular, casket-like shape, resting on four stepped feet, the body fully engraved with mythical creatures, literary characters, animals and divs, the reticulated and pierced lid with intricate floral tendrils and polylobed cartouches engraved with riders hunting, secured to the body with a lateral chain and a rectangular lock, 13cm x 16cm x 12cm.