A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVERREPOUSSÉROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABPASH) Lucknow, Punjab, North India, 19th century Of typical flattened drop-shaped design, on a raised foot, rising to a waisted and ringed neck, with an elongated stem worked in the form of a winged apsara clad in a sari, the Indian equivalent ofperiandhuri, the pierced top finial worked as a floral bouquet rising from a crown of leafy palmettes, therepoussé decoration on the body portraying a mirror image of two lions attacking two elephants with their trunks raised and curled up amidst floral bloom and lush vegetal tendrils, 35.5cm high. An almost identical sprinkler was successfully sold at Christie's South Kensington, 24 April 2015, lot 61 and a pair of similar sprinklers with elephant decorative motif sold at Bonhams, 30 April 2019, lot 155.