Powder Horn - BARUTDAN
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Powder Horn - BARUTDAN
Powder Horn - BARUTDAN
Date 17th century
Epoque 1600-1750, 17th century
Medium Iron, gold
Dimension 19.5 cm (7⁷/₁₀ inches)
Iron and gold (Kundan) 17th century Mughal powder flask. Shaped as a small horn, an ancestral prototype replicated in a variety of materials such as metal, ivory and jade, this powder horn or "barutdan", follows typical Indian Mughal period models.
Similalry shaped objects were also produced in precious materials, such as the 18th century nephrite jade lion's head example at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inv. no. 02585 (IS)
Similalry shaped objects were also produced in precious materials, such as the 18th century nephrite jade lion's head example at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inv. no. 02585 (IS)
Date: 17th century
Epoque: 1600-1750, 17th century
Medium: Iron, gold
Dimension: 19.5 cm (7⁷/₁₀ inches)
Provenance: Spanish private collection
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Fine Furniture, Silver, Portuguese Tiles and Ceramics, Arts of the Portuguese Expansion, Chinese Porcelain, Fine Arts
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