AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SILVER PIERCED ESTHER SCROLL CASE, CIRCA 1900
Auction Closed
December 17, 06:59 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
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AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SILVER PIERCED ESTHER SCROLL CASE, CIRCA 1900
the openwork case of chased scrolling foliage, flanked by beaded borders, pin closure, cone finial, the handle spirally fluted and chased with flowers and foliage, the scroll ink on parchment, the first four panels sewn on green silk
apparently unmarked
height 10 1/4 in.
26 cm
According to the consignor, this scroll was purchased from a member of the Sassoon family.
This very unusual model of Esther Scroll case was acquired by the consignor from a member of the Sassoon family. The patriarch David Sassoon moved from Baghdad to Bombay in the early 1830s, and the first generation after him maintained the Baghdadi style for their Esther scrolls (see Sassoon sale just before this offering, lots 1-3, 9-10, and 12). It was thus probably a member of the second generation of Sassoons who commissioned this piece reflecting Indian rather than Iranian taste.