A group of sixteenth-century ivory caskets from Ceylon

Author

Jaffer, Amin; Schwabe, Melanie Anne

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Apollo. 1999, Num. 445, Vol. 149, 3-14, 26 ill. (12 col.)

ISSN

0003-6536

Abstract (en)

Re-examines a group of nine carved ivory caskets made in Kotte, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in the 16th c., and sent by the island's rulers as diplomatic gifts for the court of Portugal. The authors argue that a chronology for the caskets can be established by relating their ornament to the changing socio-political situation in Ceylon from before 1542 to 1580. Those caskets worked exclusively with indigenous ornament are thought to predate those worked with European motifs. Catalogue appended.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Ivory -- Sri Lanka
• Caskets
• Sri Lanka
• 1500-1600
• Ivory
• Gifts
• Portuguese
• Exportation
• Portugal
• Iconography
• Royalty
• Sri Lankans
• Art
• Europe
• Influence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Ivoire -- Sri Lanka
• Coffret
• Sri Lanka
• 1500-1600
• Ivoire [ma]
• Dons
• Portugais
• Exportation
• Portugal
• Iconographie
• Royauté
• Sri-Lankais
• Art
• Europe
• Influence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00207119

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