AN EXTREMELY RARE MUGHAL BRASS COMB, NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY. Measurement: 15 cm dia. The fine-toothedcomb, beneath a pair of peacocks flanking a floral finial.The openwork panel immediately calls to mind the work on 17th-18th century, otherarchitectural decoration of this period And Also the Two Peacocks or the Pair of Bird Decoration is very Similar to the MughalDeccan Brass Birds. In particular, the arch form and the adorsed peacocks is most reminiscent of depictions of the canopy over the peacock throne of Shah Jahan, such as that in a portrait of Shah Alam II of 1797 in the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, sold in these rooms 6th April 2011, lot 150. The peacock or Birds was one of the more prominently used emblems of royalty under Mughalpatronage.The Mughal Empire in the North of India was Muslim with a Persian ethos. It ruled over Northern India, Pakistan, andAfghanistan from 1526-1857. The Mughals had a centralized government that included members of different religions in their rulingelites. This brought about a cultural mix in art and architecture, containing Muslim, Hindu, Turkic, and Persian cultures, most notably Shah JehanÂ’s Taj Mahal. This 18th Century Brass comb, has two knobs and is decorated with the birds. A Similar Style piece in Ivory Sold at Sothebys, THE STUART CARY WELCH COLLECTION, PART TWO: ARTS OF INDIA Lot102 and was sold for 15,000 GBP .

Extremely Fine Quality