Caption

Basket, Octagonal, shallow wooden basket with an ivory rim and handle. Inside the basket is a relief scene: in the central field a palace surrounded by rich vegetation, at the foot of which a wild, spotted animal leopard? tiger? dog? strolls. A trail of stars is carved around this scene. The basket's side panels alternate with images of the same animal and flowers. The spaces between the panels are filled with colorful mosaic tiles. The basket's handle and rim are made of ivory. The basket served both utilitarian and decorative purposes. 19th century, India; container. Height 14.0 cm, width 24.0 cm., An octagonal, shallow basket-like object with a tall, thin vertical handle rising from its center, showing a combination of beige, tan, brown, black, and cream colors; the interior features several recessed panels with carved or molded floral or foliate relief in brown tones framed by darker borders, while the rim and handle are a lighter cream or ivory color accented by small dark circular fasteners; the exterior sides are sloped and tan with visible joins and slightly worn edges, and the piece rests on a low base with small rounded feet, all shown against a neutral gray gradient background and a pale surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_023

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (828.4Kb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Basket Octagonal shallow wooden basket ivory rim handle Inside basket relief scene central field palace surrounded rich vegetation foot wild spotted animal leopard tiger dog strolls trail stars carved scene basket's side panels alternate images animal flowers spaces panels filled colorful mosaic tiles basket's handle rim ivory basket served utilitarian decorative purposes 19th century India container Height 14.0 cm width 24.0 cm octagonal shallow basket- object tall thin vertical handle rising center showing combination beige tan brown black cream colors interior features several recessed molded floral foliate relief brown tones framed darker borders lighter cream ivory color accented small dark circular fasteners exterior sides sloped visible joins slightly worn edges piece rests low base small rounded feet shown neutral gray gradient background pale surface.