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A PARCEL GILT SILVER CHARIOT AND HORSES

Lot 77
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1404774
Lot 77 | A PARCEL GILT SILVER CHARIOT AND HORSES
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 100 000
A PARCEL GILT SILVER CHARIOT AND HORSES
BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY
The chariot constructed from a wooden frame coated with silver repoussé panels nailed into place, the raised parts plated in copper, comprising three parts, a detachable palanquin resting on top of a chassis with two parts attaching by a bolt, the palanquin with a ribbed square canopy supported by pillars rising to an ornate finial and a flagstaff with a triangular flag depicting Hanuman, to the front a projecting overhang with a hanging fringe supported by sinuous branches issuing from makara heads,, the sides with cusped low walls with a high scalloped backplate with a heraldic design featuring paired female figures to the interior and lions to the exterior, the interior with two square footwells and the seat lined with red velvet embroidered with metal thread, the palanquin handles with elephant and lion heads, the rear section of the chassis with two wheels attached separately to iron bolts with a silver-plated mock axle running between them, each wheel with six pairs of spokes and a steel rim with mudguards and bow-shaped caps, the front section of the chassis with two similar wheels also attached with a mock axle, supporting a flat broad beam with an overall floral lattice design, at the end an elephant head finial and to each side a knotted fringe, supporting an ornate silver yoke bolted to the silver horses, the horses cast in two halves with the tail and head attached, red paint to the nose and mouth and black to the hooves, the eyes glass, with velvet and brocade reins
9ft.5in. x 4ft.11in. x 8ft.7in. (286 x 151 x 262cm.)




Provenance

The Maharaja of Bikaner
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 18 May 1973, lot 359
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 27 September 2001, lot 73
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Paris, 17 October 2007, lot 79



Literature

Mughal Silver Magnificence, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1987, p.74, pls.60 and 61.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Place of origin:India, Asia, Mughal Empire
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Arms & Armor
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