Lot Essay
For a similar shaped surahi with chained dome-lid, see Wynyard R. T Wilkinson, Indian Silver, 1858-1947, Wynyard R. T Wilkinson, London 1999, p.118, ill.199
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KASHMIR, NORTHERN INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF SILVER-REPOUSSÉ BOTTLES (SURAHIS)
KASHMIR, NORTHERN INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with squat rounded body rising form a short straight foot to an elongated tapering neck, the repoussé decoration arranged as a large band of foliated scrolling vines between two registers of stylised palmettes, the shoulder worked with bunch of fern-like leaves, with domed stoppers with bulbous finials, very good condition
11¾in. (30cm.) high (2)
KASHMIR, NORTHERN INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with squat rounded body rising form a short straight foot to an elongated tapering neck, the repoussé decoration arranged as a large band of foliated scrolling vines between two registers of stylised palmettes, the shoulder worked with bunch of fern-like leaves, with domed stoppers with bulbous finials, very good condition
11¾in. (30cm.) high (2)
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