A Carved Hardstone Rectangular Box
18th century
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L O T 4 5
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The lid with sleeping infant surrounded by projecting intricately carved edges, above rounded outset corners flanking deeply relief-carved panels of meandering vines.
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Minor losses to some of the most delicate detail, some darkening to veins in the stone.
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Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1899, deaccessioned in 1910 to private collector.
Lot 45
A Carved Hardstone Rectangular Box