Lot Essay
A chattari of very similar form and slightly simpler decoration, previously in the collection of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, was recently sold at Bonham’s London, 8 October 2013, lot 225.
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PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A SIKH SILVER REPOUSSÉ PARASOL (CHATTRI)
PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Of dome-shape rising to a flattened rounded knop and with a skirt of cusped hanging ornaments below, the sides decorated in repoussé with a band of roundels containing portraits of the ten Sikh Gurus with Guru Gobind Singh in an enlarged roundel at the front, set on a ground of scrolling floral vine and a band of cusped palmette above, the finial and some of the hanging elements now missing
7in. (17.8cm.) diam.
PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Of dome-shape rising to a flattened rounded knop and with a skirt of cusped hanging ornaments below, the sides decorated in repoussé with a band of roundels containing portraits of the ten Sikh Gurus with Guru Gobind Singh in an enlarged roundel at the front, set on a ground of scrolling floral vine and a band of cusped palmette above, the finial and some of the hanging elements now missing
7in. (17.8cm.) diam.
Sale room notice
Please note that contrary to lot description the central roundel contains a depiction of Guru Nanak
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