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1106 A RARE ENAMELED OCTAGONAL STAND
NORTH INDIA, MUGHAL PERIOD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Raised on eight bulb-form legs with spreading feet, the sides faring The enamel pattern and palette of colors seen on this rare, octagonal-
to the rim, all richly enameled in green, red, yellow and white with form stand are identical to an early eighteenth-century huqqa base
foliate motifs formerly in the Krishna Riboud Collection in Paris, illustrated by M.
Zebrowski in Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997,
10¿ in. (25.7 cm.) wide, 3√ in. (9.8 cm.) high
p. 93, pl. 86. Both are decorated with a repetitive design of identical
$20,000-30,000
white and yellow fowers on a dark green ground within similar narrow
PROVENANCE borders comprising scrolling yellow foral vine. It is quite possible
Terence Mcinerney, Fine Arts Ltd., New York, 1 April 1998. that the two are related and the present stand was made for this
The Irving Collection, no. 3866. huqqa base.
The enameling also fnds comparison with two other objects – the
frst is a Mughal enameled dagger, dated circa 1700, sold at Christie’s,
London, 13 October 1998, lot 113, and now in the Al-Sabah Collection
in Kuwait, illustrated by Salam Kaaoukji in Precious Indian Weapons
and other Princely Accoutrements, London, 2017, pp.98-99, no.29. The
second is a well-known Mughal enameled gold jar and cover, similarly
dated to circa 1700, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (Zebrowski,
ibid., no. 29, p.52). Although the place of production is not known
for this group of objects, the colors and patterns are reminiscent of
Mughal tilework. Zebrowski points out the similarity with the tilework
of the shrine of Shaykh Bakhtiyar Kaki at Mehrauli in south Delhi
which was refurbished by the Mughal Emperors Shah Jahan and
Aurangzeb (ibid., p.59).
印度北部 十八世紀初 莫卧兒 琺瑯八角臺

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