Lime Box with Peacock on Lid
Hindu, 1700-1899
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Lime Box with Peacock on Lid
Hindu, 1700-1899
Physical Qualities
Metal alloy, 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) H
Credit Line
Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number
1922.2.5
The peacock, which exists in the wild in India, is the country's national bird.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
Ornamental Art of India
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Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 16.
Anne Suydam Lewis, Lockwood de Forest Painter Importer Decorator, Huntington, NY: Hecksher Museum, 1976, pp. 4-10, 12-32.
Roberta A. Mayer, "The Aesthetics of Lockwood de Forest," "Winterthur Portfolio," 31:1, The Henry Hrancis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996, pp. 1-22.
Roberta A. Mayer, "The Aesthetics of Lockwood de Forest," "Winterthur Portfolio," 31:1, The Henry Hrancis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996, pp. 1-22.
