A BRASS AND SILVER INLAID BIDRI COVERED POTDECCAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY 5 in. (12.7 cm) high The shape and size suggest that this pot would have been part of an ensemble for betel preparation.pare with another bidri lidded pot in the British Museum (1878,1230.762). Provenance: Ex-Collection of Sarah & Konrad Bekker, New York, in the USA by 1970 Konrad Bekker (1911-1981) joined the US State Department in 1946 and became a Foreign Service officer with assignments including India, Burma, and Thailand until 1971. It was during this time that he and his wife Sarah Bekker McInteer built their collection of Asian art. Many pieces from their collection were subsequently donated to US institutions, such as the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (e.g. 2010.339) and the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University.