16th/17th Century Gold Filigree Casket.
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon.
Gold, traces of enamel?
14 x 19.5 x 9.6 cm.
They say Goa. I think possibly South German.
Provenance - from the Monastery of the Augustinian Friars at Graça, Lisbon, Portugal.
Hugo Miguel Crespo suggests Hormuz.
According to the Museum where it had been since the the early 17th Century.
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A Related Silver Filigree Casket.
Image posted by Jorge Cruz on facebook.
no further info at present.
The lizard clasp seems to be particular to caskets from Gujarat.
More investigation needed.
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Lot 262. Sotheby's 19 Oct. 2016.
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