A SMALL BIDRI SILVER-INLAID VASE
Bidar, Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Of pyriform shape, resting on a splayed foot, the bulbous body rising to a ringed and tapering neck terminating in an everted circular mouth, the silver-inlaid decoration consisting of a continuous band of oval medallions filled with fully bloomed rosette bouquets framed within bands of lush foliage and geometric petal-shaped motifs, 10.7cm high.