A Rare Bidri Tray

Of tear or heart shape

The centre cartouche inlaid in silver with a dense poppy design

Within similar borders

Raised on four feet

Bidar 1st half 19thC

Length;10 1/4″ (26.0 cm)

Condition; excellent

This is a rare shape

See The Metropolitan Museum 91.1.539 for a similar slightly larger tear shaped dish as 18/19thC. From the Edward C. Moore Collection

Not in such good condition. From the Edward C. Moore Collection

Also there is the spectacular 17thc dish which was subject to an export ban in early 2019 and is now in the V&A Museum