A post-Nasrid silver- and bone-inlaid taracea cabinet Spain, 16th Century of rectangular form with hinged fall front opening to reveal seven drawers within, profusely inlaid and decorated with silver tesserae, ebony, bone, with stellate motifs within octagons and strapwork to upper and interior panels, to front a hinged lock with working key, hinges chased with scrolling floral interlace 36.6 x 27.1 x 22.9 cm. Footnotes: Please note that the item within this lot is subject to CITES. The Nasrids developed a distinct aesthetic defined by elaborate geometric motifs which evolved from North African and Iberian sources. It was in particular the Almoravids and Almohads whose courtly commissions incorporated these micromosaics, later coined by the Spanish as taracea from the Arabic tarsi or 'incrustation'. These Maghrebi dynasties had themselves borrowed the technique from earlier 10th century traditions, most famously evidenced in the minbar of the Great Mosque of Cordoba dated to the period of al-Hakim II (r.961-978 AD) (Jerrilyn D. Dodds, Al-Andalus: the Art of Islamic Spain, New York 1992, p. 373). For comparable chests, see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10 October 2014, lot 229 and Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World & India, 23 October 2024, lot 114. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing