An Indian silver 'hunting scene pattern' pedestal bowl Lucknow, late 19th century, circa 1890, ...

An Indian silver 'hunting scene pattern' pedestal bowl Lucknow, late 19th century, circa 1890, rim of foot signed Circular form, with repoussé and chased in high relief, the broad central frieze depicting hunting scenes, including two elephants with howdahs, figures with rifles, one elephant being attacked by a tiger, another group of elephants with figure laden howdahs with a deer and tiger, figures grappling with a tiger and a lion, a huntsman on horseback with a boar, and a boar attacking a leopard, a group of three celebrating Indian huntsmen, all within a landscape and each scene separated by trees, scrolling band above with flower heads, a lower band of acanthus, the spreading circular foot with foliate scrolls and animals in high relief, a bear, a tiger attacking a boar, an antelope, leopard and dog with a bird, height 26.5cm, diameter 29.5cm, weight 59.7oz, weight 1858gms. Footnotes: From A Private collection of Indian and Burmese Colonial Silver Provenance: Bonhams, London, Islamic and Indian Art 18 June 2013, Knightsbridge. Previously Sir Basil Scott (former Chief Justice of Bombay) and Lady Scott (nee Villiers-Stuart of Dromana, Co. Waterford); and thence by family descent. Literature: For a similar example see Wynyard Wilkinson, Indian Silver 1858-1947: Decorative Silver from the Indian Sub-Continent and Burma Made by Local Craftsmen in Western Forms. London, 1999, Wynyard R T Wilkinson, p.135 pl 229. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing