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LOT 254712
Indian Mutton Fat Jade Carved Fish-Shaped Gunpowder Flask
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (331 grams, 19.5 cm).
Carved in the round in the form of a fish with S-curved body in grey-white stone; the finial a bird's head and neck; fish-head with open jaws, lotus-flower knops as stoppers.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. Elsiedy, R., ‘Persian Powder Flasks Preserved in the Gayer–Anderson Museum in Cairo: An Archaeological and Artistic Study’ in Shedet, issue nu.5 (2018) pp.138-161, fig.1-2, type II, for similar type of flask.
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LOT 254712
Indian Mutton Fat Jade Carved Fish-Shaped Gunpowder Flask
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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