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Goods on Approbation.
M.B. 69. CASKET AS AN INKSTAND. Paduan. Follower of Donatello. XV Century. Oblong in shape, supported on female demi-figures with upstanding wings and claw feet. In the centre of the sides are female busts in high relief, the hair adorned with thick garlands of fruit; each bust is surrounded by a wreath supported on either side by a centaur with a nymph on his back. The ends of the casket are decorated with a festoon and the head of Medusa. The lid is adorned with a band of ornament of imbricated design; at the top in the centre are the arms of the Chigh (?) family surmounted by a cardinal's hat and enclosed within a wreath bound with fluttering ribbons; nude winged putti in full length stand on either side.