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Ψ97 A RUBY-INSET GOLD AND BRASS ELEPHANT GOAD (ANKUS) NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY The gold shaft with rounded knop and long handle with bands of inset foiled rubies, the associated makara head attached with a screw joint with an extended trunk and point rising from the head above, the tip of the faceted point and the curved prong issuing from the mouth rendered in silverdamascened decorated steel 22Ωin. (57.2cm.) long £20,000-30,000 $29,000-43,000 €25,000-37,000 For another gemset elephant goad (ankus) dated to the late 19th century see Usha R. Bala Krishnan and Meera Sushil Kumar, Dance of the Peacock, Jewellery Traditions of India, Mumbai, 2010, cat.171, p.120-121. Described as ‘a fne example of royal opulence’, it was probably used during state processions. 98 A PAIR OF REPOUSSÉ SILVER-GILT FLY-WHISKS (CHOWRY) NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY Each with a drop-shaped fnial, conical shaft, pinched neck and rounded cup with raised rings at either end and an openwork rim, the exterior with foral and strapwork repoussé bands, black resin remains in the interior of each of the cups Each 8æin. (22.3cm on stand.) long (2) £3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100 €3,800-6,200 97 98 66
99 A LARGE SILVER-INLAID BIDRI EWER BIDAR, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY Of typical form with fattened rounded sides rising to tapering neck and wide mouth, with scrolling handle connecting separate hinged lid, ‘S’ shaped spout and trumpet foot, the sides decorated with large roundels containing sprays of feshy palmettes surrounded by similar free-fowing design of large fowerheads and leaves, the foot and lid with similar smaller-scale design, the neck with two bands of elongated lappets, spout rejoined, small areas of silver lacking 13ºin. (33.5cm.) £7,000-10,000 $10,000-14,000 €8,800-12,000 100 A SILVER-INLAID BIDRI EWER BIDAR, DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1800 On slightly splayed circular foot, the globular body rising to a fanged neck and domed lid with lotus fower knop, with serpentine handle and straight faceted spout, the inlaid decoration consisting of an elegant foral lattice, a wide register with foral scrollwork between two thin bands of stylised leaves above and below, the spout and handle with foliated tendrils, the lid associated 11Ωin. (29.3cm.) high £3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700 €3,800-5,000 67
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Ψ97<br />
A RUBY-INSET GOLD AND BRASS ELEPHANT GOAD (ANKUS)<br />
NORTH AND CENTRAL <strong>INDIA</strong>, 18TH/19TH CENTURY<br />
The gold shaft with rounded knop and long handle with bands of inset foiled rubies, the associated<br />
makara head attached with a screw joint with an extended trunk and point rising from the head<br />
above, the tip of the faceted point and the curved prong issuing from the mouth rendered in silverdamascened<br />
decorated steel<br />
22Ωin. (57.2cm.) long<br />
£20,000-30,000 $29,000-43,000<br />
€25,000-37,000<br />
For another gemset elephant goad (ankus) dated to the late 19th century see Usha R. Bala<br />
Krishnan and Meera Sushil Kumar, Dance of the Peacock, Jewellery Traditions of India, Mumbai,<br />
2010, cat.171, p.120-121. Described as ‘a fne example of royal opulence’, it was probably used<br />
during state processions.<br />
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A PAIR <strong>OF</strong> REPOUSSÉ SILVER-GILT FLY-WHISKS (CHOWRY)<br />
NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, 19TH CENTURY<br />
Each with a drop-shaped fnial, conical shaft, pinched neck and rounded cup with raised rings at<br />
either end and an openwork rim, the exterior with foral and strapwork repoussé bands, black resin<br />
remains in the interior of each of the cups<br />
Each 8æin. (22.3cm on stand.) long (2)<br />
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100<br />
€3,800-6,200<br />
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