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LOT 1708
Indian Decorated Gilt Copper Vase
19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (954 grams, 18.5 cm wide).
With piriform profile and broad base, raised neck with turned rim; band of silver-coloured tendrils on a pounced field to the neck; guilloche to the shoulder above a copper-coloured field with serpent designs between hatched arabesque panels with figural scenes: animals round a tree; males taking an al fresco meal; robed males with goblets; animals surrounding a robed male. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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