AN EXCEPTIONAL SILVER-INLAID BIDRI FLASK (SURAHI)

Los 166
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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Los 166 | AN EXCEPTIONAL SILVER-INLAID BIDRI FLASK (SURAHI)
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£ 150 000 – 200 000
AN EXCEPTIONAL SILVER-INLAID BIDRI FLASK (SURAHI)
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
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