An Indo-Portuguese silver filigree tazza India, probably Goa, 17th/ 18th...
An Indo-Portuguese silver filigree tazza
India, probably Goa, 17th/ 18th Century
of shallow circular form with flattened scalloped rim on a tall foot with flaring base, with a tight filigree decoration consisting of intricate scrolling foliate motifs overlaid with curved scrolling tendrils
20.1 cm. diam.
For an 18th Century Indo-Portuguese thali of comparable form, see Christiane Serra Fabri-Terlinden et. al., Mughal Silver Magnificence: 16th- 19th Century, 1987, p. 101, no. 128. A 17th Century casket with similar decoration is also in the same publication (op. cit. p. 152, no. 225).
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An Indo-Portuguese silver filigree tazza
India, probably Goa, 17th/ 18th Century
of shallow circular form with flattened scalloped rim on a tall foot with flaring base, with a tight filigree decoration consisting of intricate scrolling foliate motifs overlaid with curved scrolling tendrils
20.1 cm. diam.
For an 18th Century Indo-Portuguese thali of comparable form, see Christiane Serra Fabri-Terlinden et. al., Mughal Silver Magnificence: 16th- 19th Century, 1987, p. 101, no. 128. A 17th Century casket with similar decoration is also in the same publication (op. cit. p. 152, no. 225).
