BOX WITH FRAME with a wooden core veneered with blackened wood and carved bone. It is veneered with 28 plates of carved bone in low relief of kings, queens, emperors and other unidentified subjects between two friezes of inlaid triangles. The moulded lid is also veneered with carved bone (11 plates) featuring cherubs, profiles in medallions and other plant motifs. The interior is made of crimson damask and braided fabric. Northern Italy, style of the Embriachi workshop, 15th century. Height: 32 cm - Width: 42.2 cm - Depth: 29.2 c (Good general condition, minor visible damage) Provenance former collection of Countess Maria Concetta Razzetti, widow Arnoaldi Veli (1888-1976) inherited to the present day