Michael Backman Ltd
Hindu & Other Non-Islamic Indian Art
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Hindu & Jain Indian bronzes.
Highly Unusual Terracotta Krishna Head
India
19th century
Inventory no.: 248
Fourteen Silver Lingam Boxes (Ayigalu)
South India
18th-19th centuries
Inventory no.: 250
Silver Mango Amulet Necklace (Manga Malai)
Tamil Nadu, India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 252
Exceptionally Rare Silver Gilt Krishna Crown with Glass Inlay
India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 503
Rare Painted Wooden Portable Shrine for the Jagannathi Trio
Orissa or Rajasthan, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 387
Bronze Offering Dish (Katora)
with a
Nandi Stand
India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 583
Unusual, Fine Brass Foot Scrubber (Vajri)
Maharashtra or Karnataka, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 535
40 Bronze Body Stamps (Chhapa)
Orissa and Bengal
18th and 19th centuries
Inventory no.: 222
Ivory Handle Fly Whisk
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 242
Ivory Inlaid Box
Hoshiarpur, India
circa 1880
Inventory no.: 257
Gold Theva Work Brooch
Partabargh, Rajasthan, India
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 247
Painted Wooden Dowry Box (Jautuk Pedi)
Orissa, India
circa 1900
Inventory no.: 249
Brass & Copper Pichkari  (Syringe Pump for the Hindi Festival of Holi)
Rajasthan, India
late 18th century
Inventory no.: 450
Bronze Nandi Offering Tray or Lamp Stand
India
18th century
Inventory no.: 476
Ganga-jumna Lota (Water Container)
Tanjore, South India
18th century
Inventory no.: 262
Brass Offering Dish (Katora)
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 233
Painted Marble Hanuman
India
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 483
Large & Elaborate Gajalakshmi Lamp
Tamil Nadu, south India
late 18th century
Inventory no.: 234
Silver Mango Amulet
India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 254
Wooden Processional Chariot
Strut
Tamil Nadhu, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 231
Tantric Hindu Copper Water Vessel
India
19th-20th century
Inventory no.: 478
Large Silver Lingam Box (Ayigalu)
South India
19th century
Inventory no.: 251
Silver Anklet
India (probably Rajasthan)
early 20th century
Inventory no.: 256
Sixteen Brass Foot Scrubbers (Vajri)
Maharashtra or Karnataka India
19th-early 20th centuries
Inventory no.: 582
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
India (probably Rajasthan)
early 20th century
Inventory no.: 255
Betel Cutter
Orissa, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 237
Four Jamnagar ‘Gulab’ Betel Cutters
Jamnagar, India, but collected in Java, Indonesia
19th-20th century
Inventory no.: 226
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Bronze Konarak Warhorse & Warrior
Orissa, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 627
Brass Playing Board for Indian Hunt Game
South India or Sri Lanka
20th century
Inventory no.: 662
Bronze Yali Finial
Southern India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 694
Two Silver Amulet Plaques
Rajasthan, India
late 19th - early 20th century
Inventory no.: 711
Silver & Wood Aubergine-Form
Kohl Container
India
early 20th century
Inventory no.: 712
Brass Door Handle & Rose
Southern India or Sri Lanka
20th century
Inventory no. 705
Brass Seal in Arabic & Oriya Script - Indian Police
Orissa, India
dated AD 1813
Inventory no.: 364
Parcel-Gilt Silver Pomander with Rose-cut Diamonds, Sapphires & Malachite
West India or Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
19th century
Inventory no.: 746
Woven High-Grade Silver Flexible Chain Necklace
Karnataka, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 755
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Five Brass Jewellery Molds
India
19th-early 20th century
Inventory no.: 229
Finely Cast Silver Nandi
South India
19th century
Inventory no.: 509
Pair of Large Silver Hinged Anklets (Kadla)
Vadodara (Baroda), Gujarat, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 836
Pair of Painted Teak Exercise Clubs (Mugdals)
India
19th century
Inventory no.: 834
Ritual Brass Tripod Stand
Northern India or Nepal
19th century
Inventory no.: 808
Tantric Ritual Tripod Stand
India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 831