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Style: Agra
Vintage Sajai Metal and Agate Scroll Box Coin Purse, Handmade in India
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Sajai metal and agate talisman box coin purse, Handmade in India,
Handmade Sajai metal cross body purse with multi-colored agates and intric...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Agate, Metal
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box.
Handcrafted decorative North India round metal Asian copper Mughal Raj, Indian lidded , spice, pandan betel box with latch and a top handle.
Of dome form with lotus-shaped finial, with spiralling bosse designs,
Delicately and intricately hand-chased and hammered with geometric Anglo-Indian designs.
Consuming betel leaves with several ingredients such as wet lime paste, katechu, areca nut, cloves and even tobacco leaves has been popular in India from the fourth century AD.
Dimensions:
Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Diameter: 7 in (17.78 cm)
The box was probably used to store the betel leaf used in the preparation of paan. Lime paste is mixed with grated areca nut and flavourings and the resulting mixture is rolled in the betel leaf to form a small parcel which can then be chewed. As well as being an integral part of Indian hospitality paan is believed to possess medicinal properties and was also taken as an aphrodisiac. The present box, which was elaborately designed for this purpose, would have been taken out ceremoniously on special occasions.
Exquisite conversation museum quality piece with a very nice antique patina.
Fine intricate artwork with conical form lid with Moorish pierced designs.
Islamic Mughal Indo Persian...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Indian Malabar Dowry Jewelry Box in Lacquered Teak with Handcrafted
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique South Indian Malabar Dowry Jewelry Box, 19th Century Teak with Brass – Kerala, India
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Large Asian Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box with Hammered Brass Metal Overlay
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Asian decorative wooden jewelry box with brass overlay.
Large ethnic Indian hand painted decorative jewelry wood box with brass metal hammere...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Indian Teak Dowry Box with Brass Mounts
Located in Middleburg, VA
A richly detailed Indian dowry box dating to the late 18th century, crafted during the final decades of the Mughal Empire. This pyramidal casket is construct...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Metal
Antique South Asian Mughal Round Tinned Copper Box with Lid India 19th Century
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper Mughal Indian box with lid, latch and handle.
Antique South Asian Mughal Round Tinned Copper Box with L...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Blue Lapis Lazuli and Marble Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or trinket box features a lid that fits onto its base. Both of which are completely covered in this beautiful blue stone.
The interior of the box's base and lid, are created using Carrara marble. The lid features stays, which retrofit into the base, and allow the top to hold to the base without sliding or moving.
The exterior is flanked with the gorgeous richly hued blue lapis lazuli.
How we would style it:
This blue stone box...
Category
20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
$400 Sale Price
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Small Lacquered Painted Box with Russian Tzar Scene on Lid - Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small painted and lacquered box with a lid in black. This piece was created in the 1920s in the USSR. It is lacquered in a glossy black, with a hand-painted scene of a tzar on the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paint
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Mughal Carved Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid.
A Nice Mughal Anglo Indian Pen Box
19th Century
The box with a Mughal I...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
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Materials
Brass
Large Early 19th Century Antique Hand Carved Wooden Mughal Decorative Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 19th century fine antique Indo-Persian carved sandalwood wooden box.
Incredibly intricate, highly detailed and deeply carved beautiful handcrafted and carved wooden box with Mu...
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19th Century Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Ethnic Indian Decorative Jewelry Box with Brass, Kerala Nettur Petti
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Teak Jewelry Dowry Box with Brass, Late 19th Century, India.
This Teak Indian Dowry Box is adorned with Decorative Brass, showcasing exquisite c...
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1890s Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique South Asian Round Copper Bronze Box with Lid from India 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper bronze South Asian box with lid, latch and handle.
A very fine antique Pandan or B...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle.
Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs.
Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Makrana Marble Box from Agra, India with Abalone & Carnelien Inlay
Located in Asheville, NC
White Makrana marble, used to build the Taj Mahal, from Indian is the densest marble on the planet. This handmade octagonal shaped makrana marble box ha...
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2010s Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Carnelian, Marble
Makrana Marble Box from Agra India Inlaid with Lapis and Abablone
Located in Asheville, NC
This fabulous octagonal box carved from Makrana marble. Once used for the Taj Mahal, it is known to be the most dense marble in the world. Inlaid Abalon...
Category
2010s Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
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