A DECCANI TINNED-COPPER OPENWORK, PANDAN, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY A DECCANI TINNED-COPPER OPENWORK, PANDAN, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY A DECCANI TINNED-COPPER OPENWORK, PANDAN, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY A DECCANI TINNED-COPPER OPENWORK, PANDAN, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

A DECCANI TINNED-COPPER OPENWORK, PANDAN, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006459

A tinned-copper pandan of splayed form, the lid flaring to a shoulder surmounted by a dome with raised central boss, profusely around the convex sides engraved and decorated in openwork with a repeat design of split-palmette interlace and floral and foliate motifs, the cover decorated with a pierced band of v.-189 and v,190 from surah Al-Imraan. Diam: 25 cm Height: 18 cm

Such boxes were produced in a variety of metalwork techniques, outlined in Mark Zebrowski's Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, pp. 263-277. Whereas Mughal examples were decorated with the naturalistic floral motifs associated with Mughal art in Northern India, the stylised interlace of the present lot is typical of Deccani taste.