A PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE ROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABPASH) Cuttack, Orissa, Eastern India, 19th century Of typical flattened drop-shaped design, on a raised oval openwork foot, rising to a ringed neck with tapering stem, the finial at the top worked as a floral bouquet with seven rosette heads, the filigree decoration on the bodyconsisting of a central medallion filled with floral sprays, the borders with lush leaves, vegetal motifs and flowerheads, the foot with palmette leaves repeated on the neck and stem, 35cm high. For a very similar Cuttack silver filigree sprinkler, please see cat. 96 in Christiane Terlinden Serra, Mughal Silver Magnificence 16th - 19th centuries, Brussels, 1987, p. 86. Both sprinklers showcase the incredible skilfulness of Orissan silversmiths in the art of tarakasi(silver filigree typical of Eastern Indian territories), producing proper three-dimensional filigree decorations. An almost identical sprinkler successfully sold at Christie's South Kensington, 24 April 2015, lot 59.