POSSIBLY PUNJAB OR KARNATAKA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE BOTTLE (SURAHI)
POSSIBLY PUNJAB OR KARNATAKA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
The body and spout finely cast with spiralling fluted ribs, the base of the spout carved with floral petals, with flaring mouth, on splaying foot
23cm. high

Provenance

The Jourdan-Barry Collection, Paris, until 2013
Francesca Galloway, London, 2013

Literature

Mark Zebrowksi, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, cat.277

Exhibited

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-16.

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Lot Essay

This refined bronze bottle (surahi) was published by Mark Zebrowski in 1997. In his discussion of the bottle, he notes that ‘several thickly cast surahis are marvels of concise, elegant design. One [ie the present piece] has a dramatic, rippled surface like tightly twisted rope’ (Mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, cat.277, pp.186-188). Zebrowski attributes it to Punjab or Karnataka and dates it to the 17th century.

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