A flat dish and a lidded box

Description:

India, 18th/19th c.
D. 7,5 / 16,3 cm
The front of the dish with silver inlays in floral ornamentation and stylised animal figures, the octagonal lidded box with fine gold-inlaid calligraphy decoration all around.
From the collection of the art dealer and collector Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), collected from the 1950s, largely documented in an inventory from 1998 through drawings and Persian descriptions. Partly documented in exhibition catalogues since the 1970s. - Minor wear, traces of use