Matthew Thomas
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Lot 104
An Indo-Portuguese parcel-gilt silver Goa stone holder and stone Gujarat, late 17th Century(3)
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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An Indo-Portuguese parcel-gilt silver Goa stone holder and stone
Gujarat, late 17th Century
Gujarat, late 17th Century
made in two hemispherical halves, the holder is formed of two layers, the outer layer of silver openwork and hatched leaves, and the inner of hammered silver, the two joined by a pin at each apex decorated with chased six-petalled rosettes
7.6 cm. high; 144g.(3)
7.6 cm. high; 144g.(3)
Footnotes
The openwork on this example exhibits fine craftsmanship as the design is not contained within registers but is rather carried out within large lobed elements which seem to disappear within the complexity of the foliated scrollwork. A very similar example is in the Wellcome Collection, London.