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A PAIR OF INDIAN BRASS LOW TABLES
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A PAIR OF INDIAN BRASS LOW TABLES

BY CHAGANAL & VRAIJLAL TRIBHOVAN, VISNAGAR, GUJARAT, CIRCA 1898-1905

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A PAIR OF INDIAN BRASS LOW TABLES
BY CHAGANAL & VRAIJLAL TRIBHOVAN, VISNAGAR, GUJARAT, CIRCA 1898-1905
Each with varying scrolling foliate ornament, on paw feet, one stamped 'No. 3 prepared by Chhaganal & Vraijlal, sons to Mistry Raghunath Tribhovan, Visnagar N Gujarat, Baroda State, India', the other inscribed in paint 'D. M. M.' and with a paper label stamped 'M. Moore', variations in size and decoration
20¾ in. (53 cm.) square, overall; and 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) square (2)
Provenance
M. Moore (according to label to the reverse).
Francesca Galloway.
Literature
A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p.312, for a similar silver-covered example.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Chhaganlal and Vrajlal Tribhuvan, the sons of Raghunatu Tribhuvan, a specialist craftsman who produced silver and brass-covered furniture, commonly signed their footstools in English or Gujarati. Similar stools have come onto the market in the past twenty years. All are square, with gadrooned edges and pronounced paw feet.

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