A RARE NASRID BONE-INLAID PYXIS, SPAIN, 15TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

A RARE NASRID BONE-INLAID PYXIS
SPAIN, 15TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
The surfaces of the octagonal body inlaid with a micro-mosaic of natural, blue and green-stained bone, each side of the body decorated with repeated stellar motifs within reciprocal triangle borders, the lid similar, the base with an interlacing star motif, with gilt copper hinges and lock plate, gilt-copper suspension loops to each side, small losses to inlay
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high; 6 ¾in. (17cm.) wide

Provenance

Private Spanish collection, from whom purchased in the 1970s, thence by descent to current owner

THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT BELGIAN FAMILY