• The Doris Wiener Collection auction at Christies

    Sale 2640

    The Doris Wiener Collection

    New York

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    20 March 2012

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    • A group of inlaid vessels
    Lot 353

    A group of inlaid vessels

    INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 1,375

    Estimate

    USD 1,200 - USD 1,800

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    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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