LOT 165 A silver wine or spirit flask (chuski) Gujarat or Rajasthan, 18th Century
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14.2 cm. high; 313 g.
A silver wine or spirit flask (chuski) Gujarat or Rajasthan, 18th Century
the gadrooned body of compressed globular form on a splayed foot with serpentine handle and spout, the screw stopper decorated with foliate panels, the foot in openwork with foliate motifs, the handle, spout and stopper surmounted by birds, a stopper for spout attached with chain, the base with engraved inscription 14.2 cm. high; 313 g.
|ProvenancePrivate Italian Collection.The flask would have been used as a container for araq or opium water offered as a pledge of friendship or a token of hospitality. For a similar silver chuski and a further discussion on the type see Mughal Silver Magnificence, XVI-XIXth century, Brussels, 1987, p.119, no.162.
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