Description: 17th century
The lid with a human figure and carved geometrical pattern, the sides carved with biblical scenes from Genesis, corner pilasters and Old Testament verses.
H. 18.2 x W. 12.8 x D. 9.7 cm
Note:
The panels carved with the following biblical scenes:
GS.22.V:5T:7. (Gen. 22:7) And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!" And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
GS.19.V:1. (Gen. 19:1) The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth.
GS.22.V:9T:13. (Gen. 22:13) And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
GS.21.V:IST:17. (Gen. 21:17) And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven an
