A Sialkhot gold koftgari steel casket signed by Imam Bakhsh Mistri North India, 19th Century of rectangular form on four feet, the hinged lid with chamfered edges and band of petal motifs surmounted by an openwork crown formed with palmettes, loop handles to each side, profusely decorated in gold inlay with scrolling vegetal interlace, the foot with a band in inscription in urdu in nasta'liq script 18 x 11 x 12.5 cm. Footnotes: Inscriptions: sazandeh-ye baks imam bakhsh mistri sakin-e kotli dil'-e Sialkot, 'Maker of the box Imam Bakhsh Mistri, resident of Koltli of the district of Sialkhot'. For a very similar box without inscriptions in the National Museum, New Delhi, see R. D. Sharma and M. Varadarajan, Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery, New Delhi, 2004, p. 119. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com