A bidri silver-inlaid bottle (surahi), Deccan, North India, circa 1880, with rounded body, the long slightly flaring neck with a raised ring at bottom, with rounded lip, the inlaid decoration with confronted fish and leaves to body, diagonal bands of flowers to neck, 29cm. high A silver bidri plate with closely related decoration of emblematic paired Lucknow fish, possibly from the same workshop, is published in India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles
A bidri silver-inlaid bottle (surahi), Deccan, North India, circa 1880, with rounded body, the long slightly flaring neck with a raised ring at bottom, with rounded lip, the inlaid decoration with confronted fish and leaves to body, diagonal bands of flowers to neck, 29cm. high A silver bidri plate with closely related decoration of emblematic paired Lucknow fish, possibly from the same workshop, is published in India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles
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