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INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
Details
A BRONZE EWER
INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
On circular foot, the squat gadrooned body rising to a rounded shoulder, with serpentine spout and arched handle, the engraved decoration consisting of foliate garland to the body, spout and handle, the shoulders with hanging floral sprays within cusped medallions
9in. (23cm.) high
INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
On circular foot, the squat gadrooned body rising to a rounded shoulder, with serpentine spout and arched handle, the engraved decoration consisting of foliate garland to the body, spout and handle, the shoulders with hanging floral sprays within cusped medallions
9in. (23cm.) high
Literature
Mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, cat. 206, p.155
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Please note that this ewer was published by Mark Zebrowski in 1997 in Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, cat. 206, p.155 where it is catalogued as North India or Deccan, 16th century or earlier.
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