Nikon “SP” Camera

Toppan Company Limited

1957

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This charming three-piece service is in the Kang-style. The tilted form is also used in some Lucknow pieces, but the silver design and work in this set mark it as clearly Kashmiri. The teapot and creamer both have cobra handles, but the coiled-cobra finial on the teapot is a particularly nice touch, and not often seen. The interiors are gilded, which is somewhat surprising for a tea service.
A seated Bodhisattva on an oblong lotus base with beaded borders, wearing an elaborately decorated robe with jewelry and crown. Holding a vajra ritual scepter in raised PR hand and a ghanta ritual bell in lowered PL hand.
Tall slender figure of a male with a high headdress and a small figure of seated Buddha in center of headdress, hands held in a delicate pose (probably once holding a lotus stalk), hips slightly akimbo. Figure wears a skirt with a knotted belt in front. Eyes are picked out in silver.
Chapter 18 Wind in the Pines, from the series Genji Incense Pictures, Utagawa Kunisada, ink and color on paper