WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1880

Details

AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND SADELIWORK WATCHSTAND
WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1880
Of architectural form
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high overall

Provenance

Purchased from Peter Zervudachi, Galerie du Lac, Vevey, Lake Geneva.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A similar watchstand featured one the stand of Framjee Pestonjee Bhumgra at the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibiton (Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, London, 2001, fig. 130).

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