17th/ 18th Century Silver Filigree and enamel Casket and another sold by Veritas Auctions

 

17th/ 18th Century Silver Filigree and Enamel Casket.

Sold Sotheby's Lot 84, 26 May 2021.

They suggest Sumatra with enamel work from Batavia.

14.5 cms wide.

unmarked.

The workmanship of the filigree infill appears slightly irregular - perhaps more so than European Filigree work.

The detail on the hasp is also less refined but this could be a replacement - the key appears to be European in style but this again could be a replacement.

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Below is another possibly closely related Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree and enamel Casket.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/gold-boxes-ceramics-silver/a-silver-filigree-and-polychrome-enamel-casket

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The Veritas Auction Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree and Enamel Casket

Probably one of the two most overtly Chinese influenced casket that I have discovered.

Lot 302. 12 March, 2019.

The columns on the corners are unique in this group of caskets with the similar skirts. see 

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/01/spectacular-and-large-silver-gilt.html

9 x 17 x 10.5 cms.

https://veritas.art/en/lot/indo-portuguese-jewel-casket-1801778118/