A BIDRI SILVER-INLAID LIDDED BOWL
Bidar, Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Of hemispherical shape, resting on a short splayed foot, with a domed lid topped by a lotus bud-shaped finial, the body and lid decorated with a band of repeating oval cartouches filled with a bouquet of bloomed rosettes interspersed by tufts of green and foliage, the interior ornate with a silver-inlaid flower head, the base engraved with Arabic numerals '629', 13.5cm diam. and 14.5cm high.