Sale 2640
New York
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20 March 2012
Price realised
USD 1,375
Estimate
A group of inlaid vessels India, 19th century A bidriware hookah base with concentric circular platform, bulbous body with ridges inlaid with leaf motif, the neck ringed with teardrop and diamond shapes rising to the mouth with scrolling foliage on the rim; the Kashmiri bronze and enameled rosewater sprinkler with deep red, green, and blue foliate and geometric patterns, the tall neck with fitted cover surmounted by a bud shaped knob 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.), the highest (2)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1970s
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