A MUGHAL-STYLE INLAID AGATE VESSEL
India, 19th century. The compressed lobed body set with many red colored stones and gilt wire inlays, the foot and neck carved with floral and leaf designs, the cover similarly decorated.

Condition: With surface wear, a natural age crack to the body, notches to exposed areas and rims, as well as few old fills, otherwise good condition.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 267 g
Dimensions: Height 9.5 cm