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Antique Pine Marriage Box with Tulip
Ref: 5464
A folk painted marriage chest in dark blue and warm red ochre colours with painted panels and flowers and in florid hand a date of 1841. The tulip in the centre front gives you a clue that this is an ethnic Hungarian piece, it is actually a classic form of dowry box found in Csik County of the Old pre-1920 Hungary, now Eastern Transylvania. Tidy and gallery condition.
Csik County c.1840
H: 68cm (26.8in)
W: 128cm (50.4in)
D: 52cm (20.5in)
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