拍品 7
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A SILVER SPICE BOX
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A SILVER SPICE BOX

CENTRAL OR SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A SILVER SPICE BOX
CENTRAL OR SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
On five feet, of flower-shaped form divided into heart-shaped compartments, each with hinged opening and bird finial, the central screw with a peacock atop a flower bud, the base engraved with a flower pattern, the base with old label
4¾in. (12cm.) diam.
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品专文

This five compartmented box indicates its use as a man's ceremonial cosmetic box which would have contained sandalwood paste, vermilion, curds, honey and ghee which are the five sacred ingredients (Silver Mughal Magnificence, exhibition catalogue, Charleroi, 1987, cat.240, p. 160).