ID 1306478
Lot 166 | AN EXCEPTIONAL SILVER-INLAID BIDRI FLASK (SURAHI)
Valeur estimée
£ 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
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Argent |
| Lieu d'origine: | Inde, Asie, Empire moghol |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Bouteilles, pots et flacons |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Argent |
| Lieu d'origine: | Inde, Asie, Empire moghol |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Bouteilles, pots et flacons |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Commission | see on Website | |
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |









