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Unknown
Decorated Boxcirca 1900

Not on view
Silver-toned octagonal metal box with open hinged lid, covered in repoussé foliate scrollwork, animal figures, and beaded borders, resting on four ball feet

Unknown, Decorated Box, circa 1900 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Phillips and Juliana Maio, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Decorated Box
Place Made
Sri Lanka
Date Made
circa 1900
Medium
Copper with tin wash
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (13.97 x 28.57 x 14.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Phillips and Juliana Maio
Accession Number
AC1999.240.3
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Brown, Robert L., Tushara Bindu Gude, Donald Stadtner, and Lakshika Senarath Gamage. The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018.

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