AN INDIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PERFUME BEARD COMB Northern India, possibly...
AN INDIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PERFUME BEARD COMB
Northern India, possibly Mughal, 18th-19th century
The handle decorated on both sides with engraved scenes of an elephant and a tiger in combat amid foliate designs, surmounted by a pair of affronted long-tailed peacocks, symbols of beauty, flanking a central perfume compartment with a bud-shaped stopper, holding a fragrance that would be slowly released.
4.5cm x 7cm, 40.4g
Literature:
Bala Krishnan, U.R., & M.S. Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, India Book House Ltd, 1999.
Bala Krishnan, U.R. et al, Icons in Gold: Jewelry of India from the Collection of the Musee Barbier-Mueller, Somogy, 2005.
Borel, F., The Splendour of Ethnic Jewelry: From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1994.
For a related example:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 9 June 2015, lot 514.
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AN INDIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PERFUME BEARD COMB
Northern India, possibly Mughal, 18th-19th century
The handle decorated on both sides with engraved scenes of an elephant and a tiger in combat amid foliate designs, surmounted by a pair of affronted long-tailed peacocks, symbols of beauty, flanking a central perfume compartment with a bud-shaped stopper, holding a fragrance that would be slowly released.
4.5cm x 7cm, 40.4g
Literature:
Bala Krishnan, U.R., & M.S. Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, India Book House Ltd, 1999.
Bala Krishnan, U.R. et al, Icons in Gold: Jewelry of India from the Collection of the Musee Barbier-Mueller, Somogy, 2005.
Borel, F., The Splendour of Ethnic Jewelry: From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1994.
For a related example:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 9 June 2015, lot 514.
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Time, Location
Auction House
