Vintage Hindu Indian Punjab Inlaid Marquetry Rosewood & Bone Jewelry Box

Description

A very attractive vintage inlaid rosewood Indian jewelry box.
The hinged box made is from solid figured rosewood and finely … more A very attractive vintage inlaid rosewood Indian jewelry box.
The hinged box made is from solid figured rosewood and finely and is sumptuously inlaid with bone, ebony and exotic woods on all sides, portraying a Maharaja & Maharani, each panel depicts the couple in a landscape scene with Taj Mahal style buildings. The borders and the base of the box are inlaid with elliptical and floral bone inlaid devices, the box having a locking brass hasp to receive a small padlock, the interior having a blue velvet interior, the box is raised on circular bun feet.
Condition is excellent.
There was a great tradition of producing very high quality inlaid boxes and smaller pieces of furniture in Hoshiarpur, a town in the Punjab region, where this rather beautiful box comes from.

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