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INDIAN SILVER FROM THE RAJ - A LONDON COLLECTION
Christie's is delighted to offer this selection of Indian silver from the main Indian schools of the 19th century. The Kutch school is best represented with a large punch bowl decorated with lively hunting scenes whilst other pieces are fine examples of Madras silver and the swami style. From northern India is an elegant baluster ewer decorated with typical Kashmiri maple (chinar) leaves. This collection offers a rare opportunity to acquire fine examples from the Raj period. It illustrates the development of the various local styles as well as the craftsmanship and talent of Indian silversmiths.
A LARGE SILVER REPOUSSÉ PUNCH BOWL
KUTCH, INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE SILVER REPOUSSÉ PUNCH BOWL
KUTCH, INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
On four feet, hemispherical form, the repoussé decoration depicting a feline pouncing on a fleeing deer, and three hunting scenes, the first on elephant with a lion charging ; the second hunter on horseback spearing a wild boar, the third on foot showing a turbanned man taking aim at a deer, on a dense scrolling foliated field between a register of split-palmettes below and a register of interlocked floriated scrollwork above
12in. (30.5cm.) diam.
1869 g.
KUTCH, INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
On four feet, hemispherical form, the repoussé decoration depicting a feline pouncing on a fleeing deer, and three hunting scenes, the first on elephant with a lion charging ; the second hunter on horseback spearing a wild boar, the third on foot showing a turbanned man taking aim at a deer, on a dense scrolling foliated field between a register of split-palmettes below and a register of interlocked floriated scrollwork above
12in. (30.5cm.) diam.
1869 g.