A Cast Bronze Ewer, India, 18th Century. Islamic. Mughal, Northern Indian or possibly Deccan. This is one of four known Indian bronze ewers which almost certainly originated from the same workshop. The pear shaped body is decorated with chiseled lotus petals at the shoulder and base as well as engraved foliate decoration and rests on a rectangular pedestal supported by four short feet. The serpentine handle terminates in dragon and lion heads and contrasts sharply with the straight, angled ...click for details
An antique flatweave circa 1880-1900. A dynamic example of warp-face patterning in a skillfully woven, antique (circa 1880-1900) “ghudjeri” or stripweave Uzbek kilim composed of twenty weft-float decorated strips stitched together, each section consisting of a larger vermilion red ground and a narrower indigo blue band, finely executed and with well-spaced, weft-float decoration in contrasting colors. Minor decoration consists of narrow horizontal bands of alternating rectangular or diagonal ch ...click for details
