A DECCANI-STYLE BIDRIWARE EWER Bidar, Central India, 20th century or...
A DECCANI-STYLE BIDRIWARE EWER
Bidar, Central India, 20th century or earlier
Large silver-inlaid zinc-alloy spouted ewer, resting on a tall, circular foot, with a globular body and a thick, cylindrical, tapering neck terminating in a hinged, domed lid with a pinecone-shaped finial, long, tapering, ribbed spout and sinuous dragon-shaped handle, the exterior profusely decorated with silver inlay, featuring poppy flowers along the base, polylobed reserves containing three-flower sprays against a foliate ground on the body and neck, and scrolling foliage on the handle and spout; the form is consistent with 18th-century Bidri ware while the style of the decoration appears to be slightly earlier.
26cm high
Literature:
Stronge, S., Bidri Ware: Inlaid Metalwork from India, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985 and Zebrowski M., Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India. Alexandria Press, 1997.
For a similar example:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 19.135.12.
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A DECCANI-STYLE BIDRIWARE EWER
Bidar, Central India, 20th century or earlier
Large silver-inlaid zinc-alloy spouted ewer, resting on a tall, circular foot, with a globular body and a thick, cylindrical, tapering neck terminating in a hinged, domed lid with a pinecone-shaped finial, long, tapering, ribbed spout and sinuous dragon-shaped handle, the exterior profusely decorated with silver inlay, featuring poppy flowers along the base, polylobed reserves containing three-flower sprays against a foliate ground on the body and neck, and scrolling foliage on the handle and spout; the form is consistent with 18th-century Bidri ware while the style of the decoration appears to be slightly earlier.
26cm high
Literature:
Stronge, S., Bidri Ware: Inlaid Metalwork from India, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985 and Zebrowski M., Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India. Alexandria Press, 1997.
For a similar example:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 19.135.12.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
