AN ENAMELLED PARCEL-GILT SILVER LIDDED HUQQA PIECE PROPERTY FROM THE JOURDAN-BARRY COLLECTION OF INDIAN ART Lucknow, North India, late 18th - early 19th century Of compressed globular shape, on a circular base, rising to a short flared neck, the circular mouth covered by a gently flared lid with faceted finial, the body finely decorated with three palmette-shaped openwork medallions with birds amidst floral bloom and vegetal sprays, the green and blue enamelling characterised by continuous rosette bands and floral meander, the lid similar, 8cm base diam. and 9.6cm high. Provenance: Christie's London, 7 April 2011, lot 247. Huqqas were a favourite item for the enameller's art. For an analogous Lucknow enamelled silver piece used as part of a huqqa, please see the exhibition catalogueIndia's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles, 2010, p.208,cat.90. Another similarly shaped huqqa piece, though cruder in design, was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 11 October 2013, lot 527.