A GOLD CALLIGRAPHER'S TOOL CASE
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
A GOLD CALLIGRAPHER'S TOOL CASE NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY The gold case decorated in repoussé with intricate elegant decoration, both floral and figural, one side with the Todi Ragini , the other a single figure piping in a landscape, on each side the landscape around the figures is inhabited with animals, the hinged lid decorated with floral meander and with long ogival glass element set in the top over red velvet, the box opening to contain a full set of tools including scissors, a compass, a pen and a propelling pencil 7¼in. (18.4cm.) high
A GOLD CALLIGRAPHER'S TOOL CASE
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
A GOLD CALLIGRAPHER'S TOOL CASE NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY The gold case decorated in repoussé with intricate elegant decoration, both floral and figural, one side with the Todi Ragini , the other a single figure piping in a landscape, on each side the landscape around the figures is inhabited with animals, the hinged lid decorated with floral meander and with long ogival glass element set in the top over red velvet, the box opening to contain a full set of tools including scissors, a compass, a pen and a propelling pencil 7¼in. (18.4cm.) high
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