RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 8th June, 2020
ANTIQUE 19thC INDIAN CUTCH SOLID SILVER CUP & COVER, MAWJI RAGHAVJI, BHUJ c.1880
19th Century Indian Colonial silver Cutch presentation cup with cover, unusually shaped body resting on a circular domed foot, the sides applied with a scroll handles terminating with mythological winged lions, possibly the depiction of Sharabha a form of Shiva, where he is a half-lion, half-bird. He invokes this form when he is not being able to contain an angry Narasimha (Vishnu’s man-lion avatar).
Hallmarked M.R BHUJ, Maker's mark for Mawji Raghavji.
Reference Number: A6331
