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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 11252694, member: 16283&quot;]Just saw this in The Art Newspaper: An object depicted in a Vermeer painting has been found to represent a rare Indian jewellery casket, throwing fresh light on the artist’s mysterious pictures. </p><p>This article describes the 17th century Indo-Portuguese casket made in the port of Cochin (now Kochi) in southern India.</p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/rare-jewellery-box-vermeer-paintings-artist-connections-book" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/rare-jewellery-box-vermeer-paintings-artist-connections-book" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/04/rare-jewellery-box-vermeer-paintings-artist-connections-book</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a collection of Indo Portuguese antiques on 1st Dibs,beautiful stuff, which I probably won&#039;t be owning soon.</p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/buy/indo-portuguese/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/buy/indo-portuguese/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/buy/indo-portuguese/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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