A PAIR OF INDIAN MINIATURE SILVER SURAHI BOTTLES
Possibly Lucknow, Awadh (Oudh), Northern India, 19th century

Each of compressed pyriform shape, resting on a short circular foot, rising to a tall, slightly flared cylindrical neck surmounted by a dome-like stopper, hooked to the body with a chainlet, the exterior engraved with dense vegetal and floral meanderings throughout, an inverted lotus pedestal at the base of the neck with large, almond-shaped petals, and a decorative band of conch shells and curled palmettes underneath it, each base unmarked, each bottle ca. 16.5cm high, weighing respectively 134 grams and 132 grams.

Dimensions: each bottle ca. 16.5cm high