Lot 386
  • 386

A large Sultanate bronze ewer and cover, India, 16th century

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bronze
the globular body on a narrow splayed foot, with a thin, waisted neck everted at the rim, hinged domed cover with bird finial, the ridged curved handle with a tiger's head terminal also found on the spout, incised with bands of petals around the foot, shoulder, neck and cover

Provenance

Hashem Khosrovani Collection, Sotheby's London, 16 October 1997, lot 27

Exhibited

Treasures of Islam, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1985

Literature

Geneva 1985, p.283, no.294
Zebrowski 1997, plate 169

Condition

In good condition, some dents to body and light scratches, the metal slightly oxidised with some discolorations, as viewed.
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