Large Carved Oriental Camphor Wood Chest (1 of 11)

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Large Carved Oriental Camphor Wood Chest

REF: AC239 / LA398922

£545

€620

$669

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Description

Large Carved Oriental Camphor Wood Chest This Carved Chest is made from Camphor Wood, for those of you who do not know camphor wood it is similar to Mahogany it is a hard wood which lends itself very well to carving. However the main reason for using camphor wood is its fragrance it smells a bit like Eucalyptus and this most attractive of smells repels moths hence its common use in the best quality Blanket Boxes The carving of this piece is quite delightful depicting many ships, pagodas, Warriors and Dragons The chest is carved on every side, it has a large brass clasp on the front and includes the origin lock and key The chest is 39” long, 20” high and 18” deep Ref: Ac239

declaration

Elmgarden has clarified that the Large Carved Oriental Camphor Wood Chest (LA398922) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1960