IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201864
accession number:	O.6 & A-1982

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Monday 22 June 2015
updated:	Tuesday 15 December 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bidriware hugga base and stand.  The hugga base is bell shaped, splaying outwards towards the lower edge. 
The stand is circular and domed on four low curved feet, with a circular depression with a circular hole in the centre in which the hugga base rests.
Both pieces are decorated with oval medallions containing birds amid flowers and foliage.  One of those on the stand contains a vase of flowers with an inscription below.  Another contains a vase of flowers, a pair of birds and a partially erased name in capital letters, possibly 'S. Meu(?)da(?) Ku(?)an'.
Between the medallions there are buildings, birds and animals amid flowering plants.  Above and below the design on the hugga base there are borders of flowers and foliage on a scrolling stem; there is a similar border on the outer edge of the stand.
title:	O.6 & A-1982

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Sir Leonard Costello, through Mr R. J. Kent

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201864





TECHNIQUES
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inlay

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork
category: bidriware

DATING
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culture:	19th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 32.8



CITATIONS
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Bidri Ware, Inlaid Metalwork from India
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