* AN ENGRAVED CAST BRASS EWER
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Possibly Lucknow, India, mid to late 19th century

Of typical compressed pyriform shape, resting on four stepped feet, rising to a tall tapering neck, with a domed lid and finial on the top, a sinuous handle with dragon and lion heads and a straight faceted spout on the sides, the exterior fully engraved with cusped and drop-shaped cartouches filled with floral sprays, the background enhanced with a dotted and ring-punched pattern, the shape harking back at 17th-century Mughal brass ewers, 30.5cm high.