A PERSIAN-STYLE MUGHAL BRASS EWER AND BASIN
NORTHERN INDIA, 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
the ewer of squat baluster form on a tall splayed foot, with curving spout and handle, the body engraved with a frieze of diamond-shaped-pointed palmettes, the shoulder with meandering floral motifs, the bowl with similarly decorated motifs around the rim, the exterior rim inscribed with the owner's name, Fazil Gul
Dimensions
Ewer 31.5cm high; bowl 30.5cm diameter
Footnote
A bowl of very similar shape was recently exhibited at The Great Mughals exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, see S. Stronge, The Great Mughals, London, 2024, no. 51; and for a comparable ewer with its globular-shaped body, see M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze, London, 1997, no. 211, p. 157.