| Description: Circular ivory prayer-box with four miniature paintings on paper pasted inside the lids and central disc. Two paintings are badly damaged.
Remark : The lid with engraved flower in red shows Mahaprabhu Vallabhacarya and Vitthalanathaji surrounded by his sons and Sadhu Pande. The painting is damaged on the upper part and around the periphery. Corresponding side of the disc has Janmashtami depiction in usual format. Inside the lid with engraved flower in black shows Gopashyami-darshana (8th day of the light half of Karttika) with two Gosvämés. Slightly damaged at the foreground. Corresponding side of the disc has Annakuta-darshana, again badly damaged due to handling. The upper part of the black embroidered pichhavai and the image of Madanamohanji are torn off from the composition. The ivory box is shaped in lathe machine. The structure has three units – two lids and one central disc.
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