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Spittoons used at court could be elaborately decorated.  This example is of <i>bidri</i> ware, a metalworking technique named after the Deccani city of Bidar, where is traditionally thought to have originated. The bottom half of the spittoon resembles the bell shape often seen in <i>huqqa</i> bases from around the 1730s, while the upper half is an inverted version of the same shape, but open at the top to receive the spittle.  The ring moulding joining the two halves has the chevron inlay pattern common in <i>bidri</i> work and three horizontal rows of petals decorate the top and bottom of the upper section and the bottom of the foot.  However, the bold diagonal bands of inlay in this nineteenth-century piece represent a departure from the floral motifs seen in most <i>bidri</i> ware. 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This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"pikdan; Domestic, bidri ware, Bidar Deccan","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. <font u>Arts of India: 1550-1900</font u>. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.224, pl.199."},{"reference":{"text":"Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. <u>The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. 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