λ FOUR MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND COLOURED GLASS CHARPAI LEGS
India, 19th century

Of typical shape, each leg resting on a squared flat base rising to a stepped pyramidal and squared structure, with a ringed neck and polygonal hollow head, the exterior completely clad in mother-of-pearl tesserae held in place with now oxidised copper pins, the base and head of each leg filled with foil-backed red and blue-coloured glass sheets, cut in geometric patterns, each 37.3cm high.

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