Lot 92
A BIDRI SILVER-INLAID SPICE BOX OR PANDAN
INDIA, BIDAR OR DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
of circular form, the sloping domic lid with bud finial, the body decorated overall with a lattice design composed of trefoil motifs, border with meandering vegetal designs
Dimensions
15cm high, 18.3cm diameter
Footnote
For a discussion on pandan boxes, see M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London 1997, chapter 18 and for similar examples, op. cit, see nos. 452, 453 and 454a and 454b.