A SILVER AND PARTIAL GILT DURBAR SET

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Los 73 | A SILVER AND PARTIAL GILT DURBAR SET
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A SILVER AND PARTIAL GILT DURBAR SET

MUGHAL INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY

Comprising two lidded pandan boxes with stands, three rosewater sprinklers with stands, three perfume stands, a basin and stand, a salver, a hookah bowl, cover, and lid, and three perfume stands, all in silver with tear-drop gilt motifs

Octagonal pandan 3 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 4in. (8.2 x 14.3 x 10cm.)

Octagonal tray: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (30 x 24cm.)

Cusped pandan: 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 4in. (8.2 x 14.5 x 10cm.)

Cusped tray: 11 1/8 x 8 3/4in. (28.2 x 22.2cm.)

Rosewater sprinklers: between 10in. (25.5cm.) and 11 1/4in. (28.5cm.) high

Rosewater sprinkler stand: 5 7/8in. (150cm.) across

Perfume stands: between 4 3/4in. (12cm.) and 5 3/4in. (14.5cm.) high

Basin: 3 3/4 (9.5cm.) across

Basin tray: 7 1/2 (19cm.) across

Salver: 14 1/8in. (36cm.) across

Rosewater sprinklers: between 10in. (25.5cm.) and 11 1/4in. (28.5cm.) high

Rosewater sprinkler tray: 5 7/8in. (150cm.) across

Pair of small octagonal trays: 5 7/8in. x 4 5/8in. (15 x 11.7cm.)

Hookah bowl: 3 1/8in. x 3 3/8in. (8 x 8.5cm.)

Hookah cover: 2 1/4 x 8.2 (5.7 x 3 1/4in.)

Hookah lid: 1 1/8 x 1 7/8in. (2.8 x 4.8cm.)







Provenance

Robert, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774);

Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive of Plassey and 1st Earl of Powis (3rd creation 1804), (1754 – 1839);

Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis (1818-91);

George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (1862-1952);

Mervyn Horatio Herbert, Viscount Clive, 17th Lord Darcy de Knayth (1904–43);

Styche Estate and Trust;

Through London trade, 2017







Literature

John Henry Rivett-Carnac, ‘Specimens of Indian Metalwork’ in Journal of Indian Art and Industry, London, 1902, figs. 100, 102, 103-7.

Robert Skelton, et al., The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, London, 1982, no. 331.

Mildred Archer, Christopher Rowell and Robert Skelton, Treasures from India – the Clive Collection at Powis Castle, London, 1987, no. 86, p. 58, 74.

Amin Jaffer, Treasures of the Mughals and Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection, Milan, 2017, no. 137, pp. 204-05.

Amin Jaffer, B. Haikun, W. Yuegong, Treasures from the Al Thani Collection: Gems and Jewels of India, Beijing, 2018, no. 141, pp. 226-27.

Martin Chapman and Amin Jaffer, East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection, San Francisco, 2018, no. 42, p. 102; no. 84, p. 178.



Exhibited

The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1982.

Treasures from India - The Clive Collection, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 1987.

Treasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection, The Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 9 September 2017 – 3 January 2018.

Treasures from the Al Thani Collection: Gems and Jewels of India and Masterpieces from a Royal Collection, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 17 April – 18 June 2018.

East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection, The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 3 November – 24 February 2019.



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