A LARGE BIDRI SILVER-INLAID BOTTLE
Bidar, Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Of elongated pyriform shape, resting on a short gently splayed foot, rising to a tapering ringed neck, the body decorated with a horizontal band of brass and silver-inlaid boteh (paisley leaves) filled with chevrons and surrounded by fleshy leaves, interspersed by vertical stylised rosette bands with zig-zag motifs on each side, more chevrons and geometric decorative patterns on the neck, running around the shoulders a floral festoon and bands of drop-like designs as well as on the foot, 24cm high.

Provenance: Bonhams London, 4 December 2019, lot 96.