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A similar piece was offered at Christies, Islamic Art and Manuscripts , London, October 12, 1999, Lot 135
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AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER REPOUSSE HUQQA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sculpturally conceived, resting on a bell-shaped foot worked in high repoussé with flowers and birds set in curved panels running the length of the bell, surmounted by a large circular plinth with scalloped rim similarly worked with acanthus leaves and flowers, a large sunflower at centre with raised petals around which three winged figures stand one foot raised, a bird perched on one hand, and from which emerges the tubular mouthpiece with bird finial and central section which rises above the figures, a circular plinth with three birds leading upwards to the cup-shaped covered bowl worked with panels of openwork repoussé birds and flowers, the lid hinged and capped with a dome finial upon which a further bird sits - 45 1/2in. (116cm.) high
Sculpturally conceived, resting on a bell-shaped foot worked in high repoussé with flowers and birds set in curved panels running the length of the bell, surmounted by a large circular plinth with scalloped rim similarly worked with acanthus leaves and flowers, a large sunflower at centre with raised petals around which three winged figures stand one foot raised, a bird perched on one hand, and from which emerges the tubular mouthpiece with bird finial and central section which rises above the figures, a circular plinth with three birds leading upwards to the cup-shaped covered bowl worked with panels of openwork repoussé birds and flowers, the lid hinged and capped with a dome finial upon which a further bird sits - 45 1/2in. (116cm.) high
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