Indian Rosewater Sprinkler
India (probably Karimnagar), 18th century
Silver filigree
Silver filigree
29 cm high
A6172
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A silver-filigree rosewater sprinkler (gulabpash) with lobed body, elongated neck, and flower-shaped opening. Rosewater sprinklers originated in Iran, but was first adopted in India by the Mughals.
This rosewater sprinkler was made in Karimnagar, India, a centre of filigree production. A near-identical example is in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2015.503.A,.B), dated to the 18th century. A casket in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (accession no. IS.4-2013), with similar silver filigree work is also attributed to Karimangar, ca. 1780–1799.
Another is in the Khalili Collection, illustrated in Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, London, 1997, no.92, pp. 155–156.
This rosewater sprinkler was made in Karimnagar, India, a centre of filigree production. A near-identical example is in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2015.503.A,.B), dated to the 18th century. A casket in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (accession no. IS.4-2013), with similar silver filigree work is also attributed to Karimangar, ca. 1780–1799.
Another is in the Khalili Collection, illustrated in Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, London, 1997, no.92, pp. 155–156.