233 FINE CHINESE ISLAMIC & ORIENTAL ART
Lot 391
Arte Indiana
An ivory and silver mount powder flask India, Mughal or Deccan, 17th century, England,18th century for the mount
It bears the Ellames family crest and the motto: “nec sperno nec timeo” which means: “I neither fear nor despise”. The Ellames family resided at Allerton Hall near Liverpool and was associated with the East India Company in the 17th and 18th centuries. An ivory pilgrim flask similarly carved is published in Bashi Mohammed, The Arts of the Muslim knight, Skira 2008, p. 288
Measures: 16.00 cm
Starting price: € 1.500,00
Estimate: € 3.000,00 - 5.000,00
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