Lot 193
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AN OTTOMAN FILIGREE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABDAN)
AN OTTOMAN FILIGREE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABDAN)

TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN FILIGREE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABDAN)
TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
On short cusped foot rising through a bulbous body with stepped shoulder to tapering, faceted neck with a coral bead terminal, the body with a solid silver-gilt inner structure overlaid with panels of filigree work and applied enamelled palmette panels in two rows, the shoulder with enamelled studs with floral motifs, the base of the neck with a series of small inlaid stones, the finial in the form of a tulip holding a coral bead, the surface partly gilded
10in. (25.4cm.) high

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Lot Essay

An incense burner in the Hermitage dated to the 18th century has very similar white and pink enamel decoration to our present sprinkler, (Inv. T-422; Mikhail B. Piotrovsly and Anton D. Pritula ed. Beyond the Palace Walls. Exhibition Catalogue, 2006, no.114, p.116).

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