Das Kästchen, das am Hofe des Königs von Kotte gefertigt wurde, gelangte als Gesandtengeschenk nach Portugal, das Ceylon zu Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts erobert hatte.
Die Elfenbeinschnitzereien zeigen u.a. die Gesandtschaft, aber auch Tänzerinnen, Musikanten, einen Elefantenritt sowie Huldigungs- und Gebetsszenen.
Über die Vermittlung der Fugger gelangte die Truhe noch im 16. Jahrhundert an Herzog Albrecht V. von Bayern.
www.residenz-muenchen.deThe chest was made at the court of the king of Kotte in Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) and was taken as a gift to Portugal, which had conquered parts of the island earlier in the sixteenth century.
The ivory carvings depict the Ceylonese legation, dancers, musicians, people riding on elephants and scenes of homage and prayer.
Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria acquired the chest later in the century with the aid of the Fugger banking family.
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