AN INDIAN WHITE METAL FILIGREE CENTREPIECE OF A CHARIOT PULLED BY FOUR HORSES Northern India, 20th century The white metal filigree work finely modelled in the shape of a chariot with peacocks sides pulled by four horses, the charioteer holding the bridles in his hand, in the back of the chariot an archer, possibly Rama, stretching his bow and ready to shoot the arrow, the flag on top of the chariot with the primordial monosyllable AUM , mounted on a composite red quartz base, 57cm x 47.5cm including the base.