A DECCANI BIRD-SHAPED BRASS EWER
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
A DECCANI BIRD-SHAPED BRASS EWER DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY Rising from four short feet through stylised body with openwork tail feathers to slightly tapering conical neck with flared mouth, the spout formed as the bird's neck and with bird head terminal, stopper and chain attached to its underside, 'S'-shaped handle connecting tail feathers to neck, each side with pronounced wing decorated with carved fishscale pattern with geometric and scrolling vegetal border and central palmette, openwork tail feathers formed of small palmettes, bird head spout with carved features, two owners' inscriptions in Nagari and Arabic, repair to underside 12½in. (31.8cm.) high
A DECCANI BIRD-SHAPED BRASS EWER
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
A DECCANI BIRD-SHAPED BRASS EWER DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY Rising from four short feet through stylised body with openwork tail feathers to slightly tapering conical neck with flared mouth, the spout formed as the bird's neck and with bird head terminal, stopper and chain attached to its underside, 'S'-shaped handle connecting tail feathers to neck, each side with pronounced wing decorated with carved fishscale pattern with geometric and scrolling vegetal border and central palmette, openwork tail feathers formed of small palmettes, bird head spout with carved features, two owners' inscriptions in Nagari and Arabic, repair to underside 12½in. (31.8cm.) high
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