Lot 360
  • 360

A bidri silver-inlaid huqqa base, Deccan, India, first-half 18th century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver, inlaid brass
the body of compressed spherical form with alternating broad and narrow ribs, decorated with floral scrolls and a v-pattern respectively, the shoulder repeating the same floral scroll design, slightly everted mouth and flat rim, the underside with one flower

Condition

In overall good condition, most of silver-inlay remaining although few minor sections rubbed and missing, some abrasion to body, notably underside with small hairline crack, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

Two similar huqqa bases, with a ribbed body and decorated with floral scrolls, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. nos. 856-1874 and IS.181-1965.