Casket
Ghish Chandra Vashkar
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1900
Materials
ivory & silver
Place of origin
Murshidabad
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107856.1
Summary
An ivory casket made by Ghish Chandra Vashkar, Murshidabad, Bengal. The body of the casket shows various named buildings in Nashipur; above these depictions, it has an inscription running along the entire border of the casket. It has four paw feet that originally rested on silver figures (missing). The lid depicts a man holding a set of scales and is sitting on a lion; to the right of the figure is a set of canons in a rock face. The casket contains an address from the inhabitants of Nashipur. 'A carved ivory casket, supported on four silver figures, by Ghish Chandra Vashkar, containing an address from the inhabitants of Nashipur - Murshidabad, Bengal' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Curzon Collection acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to The National Trust in 1986.
Marks and inscriptions
PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON CURZON/ KEDLESTON/ VICEROY OF INDIA ..../NASHIPUR
Makers and roles
Ghish Chandra Vashkar