A PERSIAN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER EWER, QAJAR 19TH CENTURY
A PERSIAN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER EWER, QAJAR 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, flaring slightly toward the bottom, with a splayed foot, a spout terminating in an upturned flower-head, and a strap handle with a hinged lid, engraved with a dense design of floral scrolls amidst foliage.
Height: 40 cm.
It is generally believed that "kettle" ewers with their centrally placed curved handles and onion dome bodies evolved first in Persia. The form is then said to have spread to India in the 16th Century. With the number of Indian examples which have been located, it has also been suggested that the form may have originated in India and then spread westwards to Persia in the 15th and 16th Centuries. For a discussion and illustrations of comparable Indian examples dating from the 16th and 17th Centuries, see M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, pp. 152 - 155.
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A PERSIAN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER EWER, QAJAR 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, flaring slightly toward the bottom, with a splayed foot, a spout terminating in an upturned flower-head, and a strap handle with a hinged lid, engraved with a dense design of floral scrolls amidst foliage.
Height: 40 cm.
It is generally believed that "kettle" ewers with their centrally placed curved handles and onion dome bodies evolved first in Persia. The form is then said to have spread to India in the 16th Century. With the number of Indian examples which have been located, it has also been suggested that the form may have originated in India and then spread westwards to Persia in the 15th and 16th Centuries. For a discussion and illustrations of comparable Indian examples dating from the 16th and 17th Centuries, see M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, pp. 152 - 155.