LUCKNOW, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER HUQQA BASE
LUCKNOW, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of bell-shaped form, with truncated slightly flaring neck, the body decorated with a series of oval medallions, each containing a stylised poppy plant, the design highlighted with gilding, possibly later
7 ¾in. (19.5cm.) high

Provenance

Oppi Untracht
Thence by descent until purchased by the present owner

Literature

Oppi Untracht, Marjatta and Asko Parpola, Metal Marvels, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 12 February-30 April 1994, p.22, no.10

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Lot Essay

Our huqqa base used to be decorated in enamel as indicated by the small punch marks occasionally found on the body. The design on the main body and neck relates to an enamelled example from the late 18th Century in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. I.S.122-1886), see Mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, 1997, pl.74, p.87.

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