A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ ROSEWATER SPRINKLER

LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ ROSEWATER SPRINKLER
LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
On raised foot, the drop-shaped body rising to a waisted and ringed neck and elongated stem worked in the form of an angel, the repoussé decoration depicting fluting Krishna flanked by kneeling gopis, the sides decorated with standing figures rising from mythical beasts' mouths, the bulbous finial worked as a floral bouquet rising from a crown of leafed palmettes, with short engraved devanagari inscription
14 ¼in. (36.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

A preparatory drawing for a related sprinkler, although decorated with lions and with a spout made of intertwined elephant heads, indicates that these were probably produced in Lucknow circa 1780-1820 (Linda York Leach, Paintings from India, Oxford, 1998, cat.56, p.190-1.) The devanagari inscription around the base of the spout has not been deciphered.

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