INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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An Ivory Powder Horn (Priming Flask)**
India, Mughal, 17th/18th Century
Finely carved in relief with lions attacking gazelles at the nozzle, bordered by friezes of birds and monkeys, the body of the flask terminating in a cluster of birds with a monkey holding on at the tip
9 in. (22.7 cm.) long

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

Ivory gunpowder horns from seventeenth century Mughal India are a tour de force of imagination in integrating animal forms illustrative of hunting scenes within an essentially utilitarian object; compare another example in P. Pal, Elephants and Ivories in South Asia, 1981, cat. no. 85.

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