Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well

Italian, Naples

Not on view

The techniques of piqué incrusté (mother-of-pearl inlay) and piqué point-d’or (encrusted with miniscule gold nails) used to embellish this box originated in Naples during the late sixteenth century and reached their peak during the first half of the eighteenth century.

Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples

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Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples
Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples

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