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A LARGE SILVER-INLAID BIDRI EWER<br />
BIDAR, DECCAN, CENTRAL <strong>INDIA</strong>, 18TH CENTURY<br />
Of typical form with fattened rounded sides rising to<br />
tapering neck and wide mouth, with scrolling handle<br />
connecting separate hinged lid, ‘S’ shaped spout and<br />
trumpet foot, the sides decorated with large roundels<br />
containing sprays of feshy palmettes surrounded by<br />
similar free-fowing design of large fowerheads and<br />
leaves, the foot and lid with similar smaller-scale design,<br />
the neck with two bands of elongated lappets, spout rejoined,<br />
small areas of silver lacking<br />
13ºin. (33.5cm.)<br />
£7,000-10,000 $10,000-14,000<br />
€8,800-12,000<br />
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A SILVER-INLAID BIDRI EWER<br />
BIDAR, DECCAN, CENTRAL <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1800<br />
On slightly splayed circular foot, the globular body rising<br />
to a fanged neck and domed lid with lotus fower knop,<br />
with serpentine handle and straight faceted spout, the<br />
inlaid decoration consisting of an elegant foral lattice,<br />
a wide register with foral scrollwork between two thin<br />
bands of stylised leaves above and below, the spout and<br />
handle with foliated tendrils, the lid associated<br />
11Ωin. (29.3cm.) high<br />
£3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700<br />
€3,800-5,000<br />
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