拍品 354
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AN INDIAN BRASS PALANQUIN HANDLE, the tubular shaft worked in light repoussé with paired tiger-stripes, terminating in a repoussé lion head with gritted teeth and large raised eyes, details of fur and the eyes and nostrils further engraved, 18th century (rubbed)

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AN INDIAN BRASS PALANQUIN HANDLE, the tubular shaft worked in light repoussé with paired tiger-stripes, terminating in a repoussé lion head with gritted teeth and large raised eyes, details of fur and the eyes and nostrils further engraved, 18th century (rubbed)
17½in. (44.5cm.) long

拍品专文

A similar palanquin shaft terminal was sold in these Rooms 27 April 1993, lot 171. That example differed in small details from the present terminal and was made in gilt copper rather than brass. Two further unpublished examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is very possible that they were all made for Tipoo Sultan in Mysore. Many of his weapons and furnishings had tiger-head motifs.