Lot Essay
This bidri huqqa base and the silver top that surmounts it were made to be mounted ensuite. The floral band around the neck of the base and that above the pipe fixture are decorated with exactly the same pattern of scrolling vine which issues large flowerheads pointing in alternate directions. Similarly, both employ in their decorative schemes chevron bands and registers of trefoil palmettes. This suggests strongly that they were made in the same workshop and were always intended to be mounted together.