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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
2025-05-23 00:00:00
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.

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