Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Copper Sacred Nandi Bull Water Vessel 1800 Drawings & Prints apart from a few years

apart from a few years spent in Paris between 1830 and 1837

75" deep (38 cm X 35

the date of 1986

The painting signed lower left and titled in the artist's hand to the verso

A good antique Chinese transitional porcelain Wucai (five colors) censer from the great kilns of Jingdezhen and dating from the reign of the Kangxi Emperor

Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Copper Sacred Nandi Bull Water Vessel 1800 Drawings & Prints apart from a few yearsSOLD An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel, circa 1800. In the Hindu faith & culture of India the bull is a sacred animal, the term Nandi means "giving joy" or "delight", the Nandi is the scared bull of one of the most important gods, Shiva, the bull is also Shiva's animal form and also his transport. This vessel is finely crafted from copper and has a circular lid and hinged handle, the vessel is modeled as a