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AUCTION 51: A NEW YORK ART AND COLLECTIBLES SALE
Lot 144:
Rectangular body on bracket feet. Hinged stepped lid. Overlaid with intricately carved walrus bone panels, some over metal or mica panels, and a carved design partially tinted with green pigment.
Provenance: Bonhams, 28 September 2015, lot 3409.
Acquired from the above.
Kholmogory, Northern Russia – 18th/early 19th Century
Dimensions: 6 x 3 5/8 x 4 in., (15 x 9.3 x 10 cm.)
Condition: Key is now missing. Horizontal line of separation and small losses to the rectangular panel on the domed lid. Two feet with partial losses to bone inlay. Microscopic scattered losses, consistent with age. Interior is lined with paper partially torn.
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