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Large Indo-Portuguese powder flask composed of...

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Large Indo-Portuguese powder flask composed of a marine conch adorned with mother-of-pearl scales, the shoulder composed of cut mother-of-pearl plates fixed by a brass studding drawing a lotus flower, the stopper carved in the shape of a lotus bud inlaid with a small ruby circled in gold, connected by a cord on two metal rings. Gujarat region India 18th-19th H. 25 cm. W. 18 cm.