λ A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL POWDER FLASK
Gujarat, North West India, 17th - 18th century

Formed from a turbo shell (gastropod), with a cylindrical register composed of cut mother-of-pearl tesserae applied in a stellar and geometric pattern on the top and in a lobed, volute-shaped design around the neck, a securing belt brass ring to the back, approximately 12cm diam. and 22cm long.

Analogous Gujarati powder flasks have already been successfully sold in the London art market at Christie's London, 7 December 2006, lot 24; Christie's South Kensington, 1 October 2012, lot 45; Bonhams London, 10 April 2008, lot 299; and in these Rooms on 26th October 2018, lot 268, and 25th October 2019, lot 308.

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