22nd Apr, 2020 15:00

Islamic & Indian Art

 
  Lot 88
 

THREE REPOUSSÉ AND INCISED SNUFFBOXES
Greece and Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century

THREE REPOUSSÉ AND INCISED SNUFFBOXES
Greece and Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century

Comprising an oval-shaped snuffbox, the lid opening on both ends, one side decorated with a repoussé circular tower with adjacent rectangular compounds, possibly an Eastern Church, amidst lush foliage and Neoclassical volutes, the back engraved with a floral bouquet within a frame of rosettes and vegetal tendrils, the sides engraved with wiggly lines, 7.5cm x 9.2cm; a similar rectangular snuffbox, the front decorated with a minaret within a polylobed arch amidst birds and vegetal tendrils, the back with a heart-shaped arabesque surmounted by a bird to the centre and rosette scrollwork to the border, the sides with a band of continuous vegetal scrolls, 6.5cm x 5.5cm; and a shell-shaped small snuffbox, the lid encrusted with a coral bead and decorated with lush foliage and rosettes, 5cm x 6.8cm.

Sold for £575

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