508 - A Mughal ivory-mounted cane

A Mughal ivory-mounted cane Dark wood, with ivory mounts and inlays Pommel carved in the form of a feline, shown frontally, holding its prey in its mouth, with marked eyes and relief modelling, separated from the shaft by a transitional ring Long cylindrical shaft of regular section, decorated on the upper part with an inlaid lozenge pattern, forming a lattice of light lozenges on a dark ground 18th/19th century L.: 56 cm With the CITES certificate no. 22PTLX03023C