Painted wooden chest, Tunisia, 19th century Rectangular chest resting on four feet and opening on top with a hinged lid, a metal lock on the front, a metal handle on each short side, and a closed compartment inside. In wood, painted in polychrome on four sides with roundels housing a radiating composition of flowers on each of the short sides, a parakeet pecking pomegranates on the front, a floral composition on the top, the roundels surrounded by floral or animal motifs. 65 x 107 x 57.5 cm Wear, missing polychromy, cracked lid, collapsing bottom boards, one foot restored, stains, key missing.