Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000USD 845 - 1 127
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 070
About this Item
A large Indian silver pedestal bowl, Lucknow, late 19th century with undulating rim and raised on a domed foot, the body embossed with the 'Jungle pattern', incorporating a continuous scene of animals, including elephants, tigers, hares, deer, birds and a dog before a stylized forest with figures climbing coconut trees between double fish bands, the foot similarly embossed with animals and birds, heightened with palmette decoration, the interior with traces of gilding, 20cm high, 1360g
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
Literature
cf. Wynyard R T Wilkinson (1999) Indian Silver 1858-1947, Silver from the Indian sub-continent and Burma made by local craftsmen in Western forms, Wynyard R T Wilkinson, 99D Talbot Road, London, W11 2At, illustrated on page 131, illustration 127 where a similar bowl is illustrated
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