A GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SAMOVAR
Possibly Srinagar, Kashmir, Northern India, mid to late 19th century

A GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SAMOVAR
Possibly Srinagar, Kashmir, Northern India, mid to late 19th century

Of typical pyriform shape, resting on a tall splayed pierced foot, rising to a short everted neck, surmounted by a stepped, dome-like lid with an inverted, conical finial, with an upward-turned spout and sinuous handle in the shape of a vegetal trellis, painted in red, green and gold against a black ground, the exterior decorated with overlapping bands of geometric fretwork, stylised rosettes, beading, vegetal scrolls, and interlocking vegetal stems with chinar leaves, the plain interior painted in black, 32.8cm high.

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Dimensions: 32.8cm high