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拍品專文
The technique of bidriware is thought to have originated in the city of Bidar in the Deccan, from where it takes its name. Bidri is cast from an alloy of which the predominant component is zinc together with small amounts of copper and tin, to which is added varying proportions of lead. The vessels are then inlaid or overlaid with silver, brass and sometimes gold. A mud paste containing sal ammoniac is applied which turns the alloy permanently a rich matte black in contrast to the glittering silver and other metals which are unaffected by the paste (John Guy and Deborah Swallow, Arts of India: 1500-1900, 1990, pp.118 and 199, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture 1300-1900, 1985, p.322).
James Broun-Ramsay was the youngest surviving son of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. This basin comes from Colstoun, Broun-Ramsay’s country house, the seat of his mother’s family. His great administrative ability created the map of modern India as a unified state, linked by modern infrastructure including railways, roads, canals and telegraph lines. Though his achievements were many, his tenure as Governor-General of India remains controversial as his annexation of the Punjab and of Burma led to the destruction of the East India Company’s profits and the ruthless application of unpopular policies eventually led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
James Broun-Ramsay was the youngest surviving son of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. This basin comes from Colstoun, Broun-Ramsay’s country house, the seat of his mother’s family. His great administrative ability created the map of modern India as a unified state, linked by modern infrastructure including railways, roads, canals and telegraph lines. Though his achievements were many, his tenure as Governor-General of India remains controversial as his annexation of the Punjab and of Burma led to the destruction of the East India Company’s profits and the ruthless application of unpopular policies eventually led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857.