A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900 - image-1
A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900 - image-2
A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900 - image-1A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900 - image-2

Lot 43 Dα

A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 3.600 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.528 € (incl. premium)

A Kutch tea set and salver. India, Gujarat, Bhuj. Around 1900

Tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all on four feet, chased throughout with hunting scenes of animals and birds, scrolling foliages and floral patterns on a finely ring-punched ground, all with a shield bearing the monogram S.M.P., handles on the lid in shape of birds, the tray of shaped oval form displaying scrolling foliage and flowers. Milk jug and salver with a ring-punched inscription. Weight 897 g, 417 g, 555 g und 1,300 g. (4)
Height of the pot 16.4 cm; of the milk jug 12.2 cm, and of the sugar bowl 12.1 cm; length of the salver 40.7 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg

Literature

Cf. V. Dehejia, Delight in Design, Indian Silver for the Raj, Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd., 2009, no 20 and 41