Comprising a teapot and sugar pot, each with floral repoussé on the surface, the teapot with an eagle-head spout and the lid with a bird-shaped handle. The base bears a 1978 Sheffield hallmark, the maker’s mark of Roberts & Belk Ltd and the stamp ‘Made in England’ in silver.
Estimate
Rs 5,50,000 - 7,50,000
A silver teapot, rounded and raised on four decorative feet, with a domed hinged lid surmounted by a finial. The body is embellished with engraved floral motifs and a decorative border along the rim and spout. The hinged lid is fitted with a black wooden handle, complemented by a matching wooden side handle.
Estimate
Rs 1,80,000 - 2,20,000
Estimate
Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
This finely modelled pair depicts two recumbent lions facing one another, each poised upon a rectangular, ornamented base. The lions are carved in wood and covered with sheets of silver, with their bodies, faces and deeply worked manes rendered naturalistically with great attention to detail.
Estimate
Rs 80,000 - 1,20,000
A pair of gold kathila ear pendants, each designed in an elongated, tapering form with fine filigree and appliqué decoration, suspended from a black cord. The design may represent a fruit or banana flower, with an ornamental central panel framed by beaded borders and terminating in a pointed end, mounted in gold.
Estimate
Rs 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
A pair of traditional gold mudichu earrings, each designed with a large central gold sphere flanked by smaller spherical elements, surmounted by a circular openwork element with finely textured decoration and small floral appliqué motifs, mounted in gold.
Estimate
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
A traditional pair of South Indian ear ornaments associated with the wearer’s wealth and social status. The ornaments are believed to depict a cobra with its hood extended, with the mythical jewel, or mani , associated with the snake represented by a pyramidal knob and its eggs by the orbs at either side. The reverse features stylised ‘footprints’ in the form of a large, circular gold appliqué. The ornaments are made of sheet gold filled with lac or wax.
Estimate
Rs 9,00,000 - 12,00,000
A hollow anklet featuring an elaborate floral design with raised ornamentation on the surface, framed by foliate borders along the upper and lower edges. The anklet is joined by a hinge and peg, with the opening finished with two sphere-like silver units.
Estimate
Rs 90,000 - 1,20,000
A vintage silver naugari kada featuring six projecting elements resembling gajras , or traditional floral hair ornaments, composed of finely textured stamped silver and arranged around a broad circular band. The bangle is further accented with small spherical details and fitted with an openable push-pin fastening.
Estimate
Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
A traditional hinged silver anklet of hollow construction, featuring a broad band with textured and protruding ornamentation, accented with clusters of silver spheres. The front is centred by a decorative pendant-like motif with a spherical element, framed by raised floral and foliate detailing.
Estimate
Rs 55,000 - 85,000
A silver gajra bangle designed as a silver band with seven semicircular, dome-shaped plaques. The top of the latter is covered with a mesh of silver granulation to an openwork scroll pattern along the inner edge.
Estimate
Rs 1,20,000 - 1,80,000
A beautiful silver wire torque with concentric rings that align in a graduating pattern around the edges and meant to rest around the neck. Examples such as the present lot were traditionally worn by women in the Kutch region of Gujarat and given by the bride’s father as part of her dowry.
Estimate
Rs 2,80,000 - 3,20,000
A silver hasli featuring a finely worked wire body with graduated concentric rings forming the neckpiece, terminating in two large ornamental elements with floral detailing. The centre is decorated with a circular pendant-like element accented with raised silver spheres and red and green stones.
Estimate
Rs 1,80,000 - 2,20,000
A cast, hollow silver anklet, featuring rows of granulated silver beads and fine wirework arranged in alternating floral and geometric motifs. The anklet is designed in a broad circular form with two hinged sections, secured with a silver screw fastening ending in a floral terminal.
Estimate
Rs 1,40,000 - 1,80,000
A silver payal or anklet composed of a broad silver band with fine wirework along the edges, suspending numerous hollow silver embellishments stylised as leaf-like forms. The embellishments are attached with interlinked silver chains, creating a richly layered design.
Estimate
Rs 50,000 - 80,000
A two-part, hinged hollow silver bangle featuring two makara head terminals with protruding eyes and open mouths, enclosing a central spherical element. The bodies of the makara form the two halves of the bangle, with the piece secured by a central screw fastening.
Estimate
Rs 2,50,000 - 3,50,000
A traditional hollow silver anklet with a broad rounded body and a hexagonal concave front. The terminals are decorated with raised, ridged bands and a central pointed element.
Estimate
Rs 2,20,000 - 3,20,000
A pair of traditional silver anklets of broad circular form, featuring finely worked wire-mesh panels bordered by rows of spherical silver beads. The anklets are further embellished with raised floral and foliate motifs and clusters of silver beads, creating a richly textured surface.
Estimate
Rs 1,20,000 - 1,80,000
A hollow silver anklet with a ribbed design on the exterior, complemented by foliate borders along the inner and outer edges. The opening is secured with a hinge and peg, with two spherical silver terminals at the fastening.
Estimate
Rs 1,20,000 - 1,80,000
A pair of traditional silver anklets worn by Koli and other tribal women in parts of Gujarat. The anklet is a large hollow silver spherical orb with a hexagonal concaving front.
Estimate
Rs 4,50,000 - 6,50,000