Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 331
AN ANGLO-INDIAN SHISHAM
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £800
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Description
AN ANGLO-INDIAN SHISHAM, BRASS AND EBONY INLAID HARDWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE
PROBABLY LAHORE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
decorated with a central star and scrolling leaves and flowers, the fixed octagonal top above carved and pierced panels
61.1cm high, 65.5cm wide
LITERATURE
Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, p.293, pl.115 for a very similar example