A PAIR OF SILVER AND BRASS-MOUNTED WOODEN DOORS
Lot 104

A PAIR OF SILVER AND BRASS-MOUNTED WOODEN DOORS

INDIA, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Closed25 April 2024

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GBP 5,292

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A PAIR OF SILVER AND BRASS-MOUNTED WOODEN DOORS
INDIA, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY
The face with an overall coffered design, the silver lattice impressed with a floral meander, each rectangle enclosing a flowering plant in a mihrab arch, the heavy round door handles attached by means of a metal ring, a fastening attached to one side with a short chain, the reverse plain with a column of poppy flowerheads impressed into the brass, framed on four sides by a silver strip stamped with birds perched on a flowering stem, with four bars for attachment to door hinges
6ft.2in. x 3ft.1 ¾in. (187cm. x 96cm.)

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Similar silver-mounted wooden doors commissioned for the Juna Mahal, Dungarpur, were sold at Sotheby's London, 27 October 2020, lot 500. Another pair was sold in these Rooms, 11 April 2008, lot 414.