BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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TWO SILVER-INLAID BIDRI EWERS
BIDAR, DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of rounded form, one with a patinated white brass body inlaid with panels of floral design, with narrow floral meander bands above and below, the other with a teardrop-shaped central field enclosing an overall spiralling design with six large chrysanthemum-like flowers, each rising to a hinged lid with bud finial, with loop handles and straight spouts
10 7/8in. (27.6cm.) and 11 5/8in. (29.4cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The shapes of these ewers illustrate the gradual stylistic transition from an Iranian form characterized by a thin neck to a plumper neck seen in India from the 18th century onwards, as described by Mark Zebrowski (Mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, pl. 223 and 234-236).

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