A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Indian art by J. C. Harle and Andrew Topsfield (published Oxford, 1987).
This cabinet was probably made for a Dutch Company official serving on the Coromandel Coast or in Ceylon. Its surfaces are composed of multiple ivory plaques, carved in low relief with a bold floral meander pattern. This large-headed flower design is closer to the European taste than to the local decorative repertoire.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 104 on pp. 92-93, illus. p. 92
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