This exceptional Indian silver baluster vase is a work of rare scale, artistic strength and decorative authority, created in the Kutch tradition of Gujarat at the end of the nineteenth or the very beginning of the twentieth century. Standing 42 cm high and weighing a remarkable 3012 grams, it belongs to a far more serious category than ordinary colonial silver or decorative table wares. This is a museum-level statement object, conceived for a rich interior and intended to dominate a room rather than merely decorate it.Its silhouette is especially distinguished. The tall neck rises from a powerful baluster body and is carried on a broad lobed pedestal foot, creating a form of unusual elegance and architectural poise. Large Indian silver vases are markedly rarer than bowls, cups, sprinklers or other table objects, and examples of this size are rarer still. That rarity is central to its appeal. This is precisely the kind of object that would have required months of highly disciplined ...