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

With a typical tapering cylindrical grip, terminating in a bud-shaped pommel, rising to a truncated rounded head with an everted sloping rim, surmounted by a hemispherical red cotton-lined and metal thread-embroidered pad yielding to a large plume of cream-coloured horse or yak hair, the zinc alloy handle decorated with typical Indian Bidri brass and silver inlays in the form of two-tone chevron bands on the grip and overlapping registers of foliage and rose stems on the head, the handle 28.3cm, 71.5cm including the plume.

Dimensions: the handle 28.3cm, 71.5cm including the plume