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INDIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A SILVER AND BIDRI HUQQA
INDIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The bidri base of bell shape, the floral decoration between two bands of scrollworks, the silver stem in an elaborate succession of drop-shaped, spherical and tappering elements rising to the furnace in a poppy-bud form, the decoration with stylised flowers within cusped medallions, the huqqa base 19th century, the stem probably modern
27½in. (70cm.) high
INDIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The bidri base of bell shape, the floral decoration between two bands of scrollworks, the silver stem in an elaborate succession of drop-shaped, spherical and tappering elements rising to the furnace in a poppy-bud form, the decoration with stylised flowers within cusped medallions, the huqqa base 19th century, the stem probably modern
27½in. (70cm.) high
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