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Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market
Pen Box with Flowers, Birds and Animals
Cover of a Pen Box
Fragment of a Box
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 464
Rows of graceful flowering plants are among the design elements that most frequently occur in Mughal art. Here, they are combined with coiled cloud bands and flying birds. The iron handles on the sides of the box are a later addition, and indicate that the box was used as a traveling chest.
[ Howard Ricketts, London; until 1976; sold to MMA]