A BIDRI BRASS AND SILVER-INLAID FLY WHISK (CHAUR SAHIB) HANDLE WITH FLOWER GRID MOTIF
Bidar, Deccan, Central India, 19th century

With a tapering baluster-like grip, terminating in a faceted bud-shaped pommel, rising to an everted lotus pedestal and tall cylindrical neck, surmounted by a conical red cotton-lined and metal thread-embroidered pad yielding to a large plume of cream-coloured and yellow-dyed horse or yak hair, the zinc alloy handle decorated with typical Indian Bidri brass and silver inlays in the form of two-tone ogival gridwork in-filled with flowerheads and serrated leaves, the handle 24.2cm, 71cm including the plume.

Dimensions: the handle 24.2cm, 71cm including the plume