A large Indian silver 'swami' pedestal bowl early 20th century, circa 1910 Circular repoussé bowl, the flared shaped rim, with a repeating frieze of deities, below shaped architrave, stiff leaves above and below a polished curved band, the side with a frieze in high relief depicting Hindu deity and avatar, in various postures, each separated by a tree, on a spreading circular foot, with chased acanthus band, engraved 'MISS VILLIERS STUART AND SIR BASIL SCOTT' ' TUESDAY S9TH DECEMBER 1914', height 26.3cm, diameter 33.5cm, weight 53oz. Footnotes: From A Private collection of Indian and Burmese Colonial Silver Provenance: Bonhams, London, Islamic and Indian Art 18 June 2013, Knightsbridge. previously Sir Basil Scott (former Chief Justice of Bombay) and Lady Scott (nee Villiers-Stuart of Dromana, Co. Waterford); and thence by family descent. Literature: For a similar example see Wynyard Wilkonson, Indian Silver 1858-1947: Decorative Silver from the Indian Sub-Continent and Burma Made by Local Craftsmen in Western Forms, 1999 p.62 pl 89 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing