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A rare gota work Chaupar Board Mandvi, circa 1910(19) image 1
A rare gota work Chaupar Board Mandvi, circa 1910(19) image 2
Lot 144Ф,Y

A rare gota work Chaupar Board
Mandvi, circa 1910
(19)

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,500 - £3,500

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A rare gota work Chaupar Board
Mandvi, circa 1910

the silver embroidery on a cloth board of green silk, together with a silver chaupar set by Gazdar of Bombay, 20th century, the sixteen gaming pieces forming four groups, each with inlaid upper sections in blue, green, light green and red coloured glass and two 19th century ivory pāsa or oblong die, Jodhpur
the pieces 3.6cm in diameter, 2.9cm high, the cloth board 93cm wide, the pāsa 7.6cm wide(19)

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Provenance
Private European collection.

Gazdar, the famous jewellery firm, was founded in Bombay by Dinshah and Rusi Gazdar in 1933 and is still located at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay. The firm soon became popular with India's best families and Hollywood film stars of the day.

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