19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A MUGHAL-STYLE INDIAN BRASS EWER
Northern India, late 18th - 19th century
A MUGHAL-STYLE INDIAN BRASS EWER
Northern India, late 18th - 19th century
Of typical compressed pyriform shape, resting on four cylindrical faceted feet, rising to sloping shoulders and a tapering, tall neck, with a hinged dome-like lid, straight spout and sinuous handle with lion and dragon heads as terminals, the gadrooned body and spout cast with tapering vertical ribs, each one engraved with floral scrolls and vegetal motifs, the neck with overlapping decorative friezes with foliage, flower grids, and scrollwork, the lowest band incised at a later stage with initials in Devanagari script, the shape and decoration reminiscent of Mughal brass ewers popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
32cm high
Estimated at £600 - £800
A MUGHAL-STYLE INDIAN BRASS EWER
Northern India, late 18th - 19th century
Of typical compressed pyriform shape, resting on four cylindrical faceted feet, rising to sloping shoulders and a tapering, tall neck, with a hinged dome-like lid, straight spout and sinuous handle with lion and dragon heads as terminals, the gadrooned body and spout cast with tapering vertical ribs, each one engraved with floral scrolls and vegetal motifs, the neck with overlapping decorative friezes with foliage, flower grids, and scrollwork, the lowest band incised at a later stage with initials in Devanagari script, the shape and decoration reminiscent of Mughal brass ewers popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
32cm high
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
