Cartouche shaped, the lid carved in cameo with Artemis reclining on a rock flanked by two sleeping dogs, the underside with a mythological scene possibly King Sisyphus in the river Styx brought by Hermes with Persephone watching from the shore, the gold mounts plain reeded with shaped thumbpiece, the cover set inside with a miniature on ivory depicting a hunt, unmarked
2³⁄₈ in. (6 cm.) long
gross weight 1 oz. 12 dwt. (51 gr.)

with Daniel Packer, 2008.

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For a comparable box carved with the Judgement of Solomon and a miniature inside the cover, see Sotheby's, London, 22 May 2019, lot 536.