A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-1
A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-2
A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-3
A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-1A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-2A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century - image-3

Lot 35 Dα

A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.600 € - 3.200 €
Result: 26.460 € (incl. premium)

A large Bidri silver-inlaid zinc alloy bottle with stopper. India, Deccan, Bidar. Second half 19th century

With a spherical body and contoured neck, entirely covered with deities, figures and various animals, the neck and the splayed foot with flowers and scroll motifs. Stopper not belonging.
Height with stopper 38.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Copenhagen, assembled in the 1950s/60s, thence by descent

Literature

Compare a bottle of similar shape, illustrated in: S. Stronge, Bidri Ware, London 1985, p. 36, no. 36