A MOTHER-OF-PEARL DISH

GUJARAT, 17TH CENTURY

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL DISH
GUJARAT, 17TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with cusped edges, made of pinned sections of mother-of-pearl forming a central rosette and an outer band of regular panels, the reverse with central roundel divided into radiating panels, small repairs
9in. (23cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A number of similar small dishes in this technique are known. Two comparable examples are in a private collection (The Heritage of Rauluchnatim, exhibition catalogue, Lisbon, 1996, nos.13 and 14, pp.202-3). Similar but smaller dishes were sold in these Rooms 31 March 2009, lot 212; and 7th October 2008, lot 264.

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