Lot Essay
This object was requested by the curator of the Passion for the Exotic exhibition as an example of the types of silver that Lockwood de Forest admired and collected, and which influenced his own designs.
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INDIA, PROBABLY MODERN
Details
A SILVERED-METAL HOOKAH BASE
INDIA, PROBABLY MODERN
In the shape of a hookah base, with dense flowers and foliage on a matted ground
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
INDIA, PROBABLY MODERN
In the shape of a hookah base, with dense flowers and foliage on a matted ground
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 May 2005, lot 101.
Exhibited
This was likely exhibited in Passion for the Exotic: Lockwood de Forest, Frederic Church, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, 12 December 2014 - 26 September 2015
Sale room notice
Please note there is additional provenance for this lot: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 May 2005, lot 101.