ID 1178258
Lot 127 | A VERY LARGE SILVER-INLAID BIDRI CANDLESTICK AND TRAY
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Composite, the white brass body inlaid with a central register of carnation flowers, rising to a broad neck with an everted rim similarly decorated, on a base inlaid with a smaller band of carnations, soldered to a tray inlaid with a repeated motif of a flowering plant around a floral meander inner circle, the slightly raised lip with a similar decoration, on six feet inlaid with floral designs, minor loss to inlay
19 7⁄8in. (50.5 cm.) diam.; 18 ¾in. (47.5cm.) high
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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