"AN INDIAN WOODEN BOX WITH SURFACE-MOUNTED MEDALLIONS WITH R...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

"AN INDIAN WOODEN BOX WITH SURFACE-MOUNTED MEDALLIONS WITH REPRESENTATION OF MUGHAL AND OTHER MONUMENTS,
INDIA,
CIRCA 1880"

Of rectangular form, the wooden box finely decorated with stylised flowerheads, with a leafy background, inset with fourteen oval glass and framed panels to the sides and eleven oval to the top, each one containing gouache on bone painted scene of a monument, including two scenes of the Taj Mahal in Agra, two scenes of the Red Fort in Delhi, the Moti Masjid (or Pearl Mosque) in the Delhi Fort, Akbar's tomb in Sikandra, the Daulat Khana-i Khass (or Private Audience Hall) in Shahjahanabad fort, Delhi, and the Golden Temple at Amritsar