The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

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A tinned brass lid, India, Deccan, 16th-17th century

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Lot Closed

October 27, 01:47 PM GMT

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of shallow domed form, chiseled and chased with a register of lotus palmettes bordered by narrow scroll bands, the neck and circular everted handle decorated with concentric petals, the interior decorated with bands of cursive calligraphy in naskh script


10.6cm. diam.

Sotheby's London,  The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 152.

inscriptions: The Shi'i Shahada


This piece is closely related to another lid in a private collection that also combines an interior of thuluth with an exterior of lotus palmette register, see Zebrowski, M., Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, p.341, no.558. It is possible that most footed bowls from this group were originally covered by lids of this type (ibid. p.347).