A GOLD OVERLAID STEEL CARTRIDGE BOX

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A GOLD OVERLAID STEEL CARTRIDGE BOX
SIND PROVINCE, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Of oval form with cusped flat front and back, the rounded sides running at the top to a hinged cover, the back with raised square plate for attachment to a belt, the front overlaid with gold, a very finely worked floral spray with five large composite flowerheads left as silhouettes, the sides with a band of similar silhouetted floral meander between minor similar stripes, the rectangular hinge with a similar nasta'liq dedicatory inscription, the back plate with carnation flowerheads linked by floral sprays in gold on the steel ground, minute damage and corrosion
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) across

拍品专文

The nasta'liq inscription on the lid contains a dedication to Mir Fath'ali Sirkar-i Khan Talpur. Fath'ali established himself ra'is of Sind in 1783 AD, thus founding the dynasty of the Talpur Mir's of Sind. A tulwar with gold-inlaid inscriptions in the name of two members of the dynasty was sold in these Rooms (Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 26 October 1994, lot 21).