AN INDIAN SILVER REPOUSSÉDISH Possibly Poona, Maharashtra, India, late 19th century Of circular shape, with a wide flared rim, therepoussé body decorated with a central roundel with a king sitting on a throne under a canopy, his consort on his lap and an animal-faced attendant to the left, possibly Hanuman, the outer circle with different figures resembling Skanda, the God of War, a horse-shaped warrior, some Nagas and more characters from Hindu folklore, on the rim various avatars of the God Vishnu, among which Varaha (the Boar) and Matsya (the Fish) clearly identifiable, the overall flare in tune with Burmese silver yet the making and caricaturisationof the characters betraying an Indian origin, 44.5cm diam.