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Etched Mughal Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 574
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Unusual Etched Mughal Ewer
Northern India
17th century or earlier
Inventory no.: 341
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Mughal Ewer Etched & Filled with Lac
Northern India
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 340
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Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Sumatra/Borneo
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 551
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Malay Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 327
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 94
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 100
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Tinned Copper Ewer & Basin
Ottoman Turkey, Signed &
Dated AH 1248 (AD 1832)
Inventory no.: 356
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no. 93
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Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
circa 1900
Inventory no.: 325
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Large Kettle Brass Kettle
probably northern India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 108
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Etched Brass Ewer
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
19th-20th century
Inventory no.: 480
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Engraved Islamic Brass Kettle for Hand
Washing
Nupe People, Nigeria
early 20th century
Inventory no.: 532
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Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
circa 1900
Inventory no.: 568
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Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
circa 1900
Inventory no.: 471
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Bronze Ewer
Nepal
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 46
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Mughal Copper Ewer
Deccan, India
16th-17th century
Inventory no.: 695
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Islamic Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Brunei or Sarawak (Malaysia)
19th century
Inventory no.: 736
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Water Kettle for Hand Washing
Brunei/Sabah/Sarawak
19th century
Inventory no.: 464
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Engraved Brass Tea Pot
Khanate of Kokand (Silk Road)
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 789
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Large Zoomorphic Bronze Kettle
Sarawak/Brunei
circa 1920
Inventory no.: 803
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Malay Brass Water Kettle
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
circa 1920
Inventory no.: 777
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Unusually Small Malay Brass Water Kettle
Sumatra/Malay Peninsular
19th century
Inventory no.: 936
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Large & Fine Copper & Silver Tea Pot
Tibet
19th century
Inventory no.: 876
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Small Bronze Ewer
Deccan, India
16th century
Inventory no.: 1054
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Tinned Copper & Brass Tea Pot or Ewer
Kokand, Central Asia
circa 1800
Inventory no.: 977
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Copper Teapot with Bronze & Silver Mounts
Tibet
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 1133
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Copper Lidded Ewer
Northern India
16th-17th century
Inventory no.: 1202
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Mughal Bronze Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1210
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Malay or Minangkabau Cast Brass Kendi
Sumatra or Malaysia
19th century
Inventory no.: 1217
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Zoomorphic Bronze Kettle
Sarawak or Brunei, Borneo
19th century
Inventory no.: 1285
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Zoomorphic Bronze Kettle
Sarawak or Brunei, Borneo
19th century
Inventory no.: 1286
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Tinned Copper Ewer & Basin
Ottoman Turkey
Signed & Dated AH 1248 (AD 1832)
Inventory no.: 356
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Mughal Brass Ewer, Engraved & with Dark Lac Inlay
Northern India (probably Lahore)
mid 17th to early 18th century
Inventory no.: 1302
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Brass Ewer (Aftaba) Engraved with Poppies & Carnations In-filled with Black Lac
Mughal, North India
circa 1800
Inventory no.: 1442
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Engraved Mughal Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1537
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From where do we source our items? We do not go on buying trips to Asia. Nor do we actively buy from dealers or suppliers based in Asia. We do not source
items from India itself for example. Almost all the items stocked by Michael Backman Ltd have been sourced from the UK - from old collections. Countless items were
brought to the UK during the colonial era by colonial administrators and the like. Other items were made in Asia for export to the UK – the UK was wealthy early: it
has been a major destination for the world’s exports for hundreds of years.  This means that most of our items have been in the UK for at least sixty to two hundred
years.
The conditions in which they have been kept often has been very good – the climate is kind, and there are relatively few pests. Many items were acquired as
keepsakes and curios, meaning that they stopped being used once they came to the UK. This too has helped to preserve them and their conditions often are far
better than had they remained in their home countries. Buying from old UK sources means that the items have good provenance; it helps to avoid fakes, and items
that have been amended or embellished. It also means that our items are obtained legally – today, most countries in Asia prohibit the export of their antiques. So,
because of its colonial past, the UK is perhaps the world’s biggest source of genuine antiques from Asia, perhaps more so than Asia itself, and that is the source
into which we tap.
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Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1569
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Silvered & Gilded Copper Monk’s Cap Ewer
Tibet
early 20th century
Inventory no.: 1567
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Bidri Ewer (Aftaba)
India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1540
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Brass Cast Kendi
Minangkabau, Sumatra, Indonesia
circa 1900
Inventory no.: 1580
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