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Tinder Tube, Silver, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, ca 1850-1860.
Tinder Tube, Silver, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, ca 1850-1860.
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY - NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM. Object Detail This silver tinder tube was likely produced in 19th-century Trichinopoly, Madras. This tinder tube was designed to light fuses in cannons. The body of the tube features some the avatars of ...read more
Vase, Silver, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, ca. 1870-1890.
Vase, Silver, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, ca. 1870-1890.
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY - NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM. Object Detail In Madras, Silver artefacts (began with the craftsmanship of teapots) adorned with images of deities in temple processions, receiving the label of Swami (god) silver. A name referred to a unique ...read more
Veerabhadra, Repousse Panel, Bronze, Possibly Karnataka, Southern India, ca. 1880-1900.
Veerabhadra, Repousse Panel, Bronze, Possibly Karnataka, Southern India, ca. 1880-1900.
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY - NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM. Object Detail This is a bronze plaque prepared with repoussé technique and related to the rise of the Vīrabhadra cult in the Deccan and South India. They come from what is now southern Maharashtra, ...read more
Walking Stick, Carved Sandalwood, Mysore, Karnataka, Southern India, ca. 1870-1890.
Walking Stick, Carved Sandalwood, Mysore, Karnataka, Southern India, ca. 1870-1890.
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY - NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM. Object Detail An elegant sandalwood walking stick. Cylindrical in form, proportionally long, and tapering slightly toward the base. The lower end is reinforced with a metal ferrule (probably brass or copper alloy) to ...read more
Wine Flask (Surahi), Silver, Possibly Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, ca. 1890-1910.
Wine Flask (Surahi), Silver, Possibly Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, ca. 1890-1910.
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY - NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM. Object Detail Surahis, with their slim necks and graceful profiles, are vessels designed to serve water much like a pitcher. The surahi here stands on a broad, slightly raised base that supports the rounded ...read more
