Description
Indian powder flask
Circa 1800
Nautilus-shaped, covered in velvet with a floral design formerly embroidered with metallic threads (zardozzy), missing its stopper, with two iron suspension rings. (Heavily worn).
India, circa 1800.
Height: 19 cm
A nautilus-shell-shaped powder flask, covered with zardozy patterns, India, circa 1800
Bibliography:
Bachir Mohamed, ‘The Arts of the Muslim Knight’, ‘The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection’, Milan, 2008, p. 289
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