ID 1306478
Los 166 | AN EXCEPTIONAL SILVER-INLAID BIDRI FLASK (SURAHI)
Schätzwert
£ 150 000 – 200 000
BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, SECOND HALF 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
The spherical body decorated with a large central band depicting the Hindu deities, temples, a ship and animals against a dense floral ground with a meandering river below containing birds and aquatic creatures, a narrow band of four-petalled rosettes and split palmettes above and below, the base of the body with an overlapping triangular lappet design, the flared bell-shaped foot with a protruding ring of silver chevrons at the top and a main band of alternating leaf and flowerhead decoration, the neck rises from a bell-shaped base similarly decorated, the central section of the neck with a wide band of floral arabesques, a further chevron ring and a band of eight-petalled rosettes alternating with a flowering bud around the mouth
13 ¾in. (34.8cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Copenhagen, assembled in the 1950s/1960s, thence by descent until purchased by the present owner
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Silber |
| Herkunftsort: | Indien, Asien, Mogulreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Flaschen, Gläser & Flakons |
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Material: | Silber |
| Herkunftsort: | Indien, Asien, Mogulreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Flaschen, Gläser & Flakons |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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| Telefon | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Aufgeld | see on Website | |
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