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AN EXTREMELY RARE MUGHAL BRASS COMB DECCAN 18TH CENTURY

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
AN EXTREMELY RARE MUGHAL BRASS COMB DECCAN 18TH CENTURY
AN EXTREMELY RARE MUGHAL BRASS COMB, NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY.The fine-toothed
comb surmounted by a crescentic openwork panel of lotus and scrolling tendrils, beneath a pair of peacocks flanking a floral finial on
a beaded fringe.The openwork panel immediately calls to mind the work on 17th-18th century stone jali screens and other
architectural decoration of this period And Also the Two Peacocks or the Pair of Bird Decoration is very Similar to the Mughal
Deccan Brass Birds. In particular, the arch form and the adorsed peacocks is most reminiscent of depictions of the canopy over the
peacock throne of Shah Jahan, such as that in a portrait of Shah Alam II of 1797 in the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, sold in these
rooms 6th April 2011, lot 150. The peacock or Birds was one of the more prominently used emblems of royalty under Mughal
patronage.The Mughal Empire in the North of India was Muslim with a Persian ethos. It ruled over Northern India, Pakistan, and
Afghanistan from 1526-1857. The Mughals had a centralized government that included members of different religions in their ruling
elites. This brought about a cultural mix in art and architecture, containing Muslim, Hindu, Turkic, and Persian cultures, most notably
Shah JehanÂ’s Taj Mahal.This 18th Century Brass comb, has two knobs and is decorated with the face of a warrior Sultan and his
consort.- A Similar Style piece in Ivory in Sothebys THE STUART CARY WELCH COLLECTION, PART TWO: ARTS OF INDIA Lot
102 and was sold for 15,000 GBP .