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Description: | Octagonal miniatures table or stand, of padouk-wood, inlaid with engraved ivory. Raised on a shallow, square plinth with bracket feet and cushion-mouldings, the sides and top inlaid with ivory flowers, which are proud of the surface and shallowly carved. The central octagonal-sectioned stem is supported by four large brackets, carved and pierced with trees and birds. The apron of the top is cushion-moulded, with similar inlay to hat n the loose. The top is stringed with a paler wood to show a circle within a broad band, both areas inlaid with human-figures, pots, animals and flowers, the inlay flat incised, and incisions filled with brownish-red pigment.
Size: Height: 21 cm; Width of Top: 30.5 cm | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 721 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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