A MOTHER-OF-PEARL DISH Indo-Portuguese style, Gujarat, Western India, 17th - 18th century Of circular shape, made of pinned sections of mother-of-pearl forming a large central rosette, an outer band of triangularpanels, the cavetto with rectangular sections, the back made with irregular panels and hold together by two brass rims,the mother-of-pearl set with small brass pins, 20cm diam. For comparable examples, please see a large mother-of-pearl basin of circular form, also made in Gujarat, now preserved at The British Museum (inv. no. OA.2644) and a circular salver acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1857 (inv. no. 4282-1857). A number of these dishes appeared in the auction market in the last ten years with very positive results, please see Christie's London, 7 April 2011, lot 255; 25 April 2013, lot 158 (same diameter to ours); and 2 December 2014, lot 72.