Ivory Cabinet

ca. 1550-1575

22.5 cm 15.3 cm 14.6 cm

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Such cabinets were produced in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) off the western coast of India on commission from Portuguese traders for the European market by the mid 16th century. The shape and function are European, but the subject and style of the elaborate carving, includi...

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Sale, Sotheby's, New York; purchased by Peter Marks Gallery, New York, before 1979 [1]; purchased by the Friends of the Asian Collection, 1999; given to Walters Art Museum, 1999.[1] See correspondence in the files of the Brooklyn Museum regarding the planning of an exhibition and publication that included this object
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