BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A VERY LARGE SILVER-INLAID BIDRI CANDLESTICK AND TRAY
BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Composite, the white brass body inlaid with a central register of carnation flowers, rising to a broad neck with an everted rim similarly decorated, on a base inlaid with a smaller band of carnations, soldered to a tray inlaid with a repeated motif of a flowering plant around a floral meander inner circle, the slightly raised lip with a similar decoration, on six feet inlaid with floral designs, minor loss to inlay
19 7/8in. (50.5 cm.) diam.; 18 ¾in. (47.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Bidri ware derives its name from the city of Bidar in the Deccan. They were cast from a zinc, copper and tin alloy, to which varying proportions of lead were added. The vessels were then inlaid with a metal of choice, predominantly silver, as on the present candlestick and tray, which in its design is close to a hookah base in the Jagdish & Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art (Jagdish Mittal, Bidri ware and Damascene work in Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad, 2011, pp.104-5).

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