ID 1360150
Lot 57 | AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL URN
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL PROBABLY INDIAN (GUJARAT), MAKER'S MARK PROBABLY THAT OF ANDREAS JOSEPH RATH (NEUWIRTH, NO. 913), VIENNA 1733
In the form of a typical Mughal rose water sprinkler (Gulab Pash or Gulab Dani), made of vertical panels of mother-of-pearl, on domed circular base, with waisted neck, struck on base with town and maker's mark (Reitzer no. 508)
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Acquired F. Payer, Zurich, July 1990.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 49, pp. 204-205.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Mother-of-pearl, Precious stones, Silver, Pearls |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Mother-of-pearl, Precious stones, Silver, Pearls |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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