WITHDRAWN: A FINE INDIAN SILVER WINE OR SPIRIT FLASK (CHUSKI)

Description:

Gujarat or Rajasthan, early 18th c.
H. 15 cm
The body of bulbous gadrooned form on a gently splayed foot, with a thin neck and screw stopper surmounted by a domed, petalled lid with parrot finial, the scrolling handle also with parrot and curved, s-shaped spout also with parrot and double chain with lid for spout, incised and punched decorative motifs to shoulder.
Acquired from Sotheby's London, Sale L13502, October 09, 2013, lot 291 - cf.: A similar silver chuski is illustrated in: Mughal Silver Magnificence, XVI-XIXth century, Brussels, 1987, p.119, no.162.