A pair of Tanjore silver-inlaid copper vessels South India, 19th...
A pair of Tanjore silver-inlaid copper vessels
South India, 19th Century
each of waisted form with stepped lids and yali handles, profusely decorated in silver inlay with a band of undulating vines with perching birds, repeat quatrefoil and palmette motifs, an acanthus frieze to lid, engraved rosette to base
each 25 cm. high(2)
Provenance
Property of The Royal College of Music, London.
Christie's South Kensington, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 17 October 2003, lot 158.
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A pair of Tanjore silver-inlaid copper vessels
South India, 19th Century
each of waisted form with stepped lids and yali handles, profusely decorated in silver inlay with a band of undulating vines with perching birds, repeat quatrefoil and palmette motifs, an acanthus frieze to lid, engraved rosette to base
each 25 cm. high(2)
Provenance
Property of The Royal College of Music, London.
Christie's South Kensington, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 17 October 2003, lot 158.
