A coffer with two drawers simulation, Lusíada, sculpted ivory, relief silver applications, brass lock, Cingalo-Portuguese branch, 17th C., small flaws and defects, Notes: similar exemplars integrate the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Decorative Arts Museum in Copenhagen, being represented in TARDY- " les Ivoires - Évolution Décorative du ler Siécle a nos jours - Deuxiéme Partie: Antiquité - Islam- Inde -Chine - Japon - Afrique Noire - Regions Polaires - Amérique",Tardy, Paris , pp. 174, 175; and in CASTILHO, Manuel - "Missionação - A Rota de Lisboa e a Rota de Acapulco", Lisbon, 2000, p.37. Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 11 x 16,5 x 8,5 cm