A CEYLONESE COLONIAL COROMADEL WOOD CASKET WITH SILVER FITTINGS Ceylon...
A CEYLONESE COLONIAL COROMADEL WOOD CASKET WITH SILVER FITTINGS
Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, possibly the Matara or Galle District, second half of the 18th century
Of rectangular form, with projecting edges, made of smoothly polished Coromandel wood with visible grain lending the casket a restrained appearance, hinged on one side, with pierced silver fittings formed as interlaced sprays, the exterior of the hinged side is shaped like the spine of a Western book, with raised bands; the interior is fitted with several small compartments on the right, possibly intended to hold writing implements and inkwells, while the central section is fitted for documents.
9cm x 31cm x 45.5cm
Literature:
Gelman Taylor, J., The Social World of Batavia: Europeans and Eurasians in Colonial Indonesia, 2nd ed., The University of Wisconsin Press, 2009.
Haags Gemeentemuseum,
V.O.C. – Zilver: Zilver uit de periode van de Verenigde Oostinische Compagnie 17de en 18de eeuw, 1983.
Veenendaal, J.,
Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India During the Dutch Period, Foundation Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, 1985.
A CEYLONESE COLONIAL COROMADEL WOOD CASKET WITH SILVER FITTINGS
Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, possibly the Matara or Galle District, second half of the 18th century
Of rectangular form, with projecting edges, made of smoothly polished Coromandel wood with visible grain lending the casket a restrained appearance, hinged on one side, with pierced silver fittings formed as interlaced sprays, the exterior of the hinged side is shaped like the spine of a Western book, with raised bands; the interior is fitted with several small compartments on the right, possibly intended to hold writing implements and inkwells, while the central section is fitted for documents.
9cm x 31cm x 45.5cm
Literature:
Gelman Taylor, J., The Social World of Batavia: Europeans and Eurasians in Colonial Indonesia, 2nd ed., The University of Wisconsin Press, 2009.
Haags Gemeentemuseum,
V.O.C. – Zilver: Zilver uit de periode van de Verenigde Oostinische Compagnie 17de en 18de eeuw, 1983.
Veenendaal, J.,
Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India During the Dutch Period, Foundation Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, 1985.
