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Ref: 4021
One of the most beautiful painted coffers of this kind that we have seen, good condition and neat smaller size with many carved geometric devices promoting good fortune (pin-wheels and compass circles). Living in a natural world full of dangers, mysteries and potential misfortune the marriage coffer was a hugely symbolic object and fantastic as it seems it's true that it was profusely decorated with imagery endowed with magical powers to avert evil.
Carpathian Mountains 18th/19th cent.
H: 82cm (32.3in)
W: 115cm (45.3in)
D: 55cm (21.7in)
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