AN ENGRAVED AND LAC INLAID BRASS EWER

Northern India, 19th century
Raised on four short feet, the flattened bulbous body with numerous panels depicting princely figures and mythical figures amongst scrolling foliage, hinged domed lid, scrolling makara handle a tapered faceted spout, 33cm high
Provenance: Alexander Aleco Ionides ( 1840-1898). By descent to George Alexander Ionides ( B. 1879).Thence by family descent