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A BRASS HOLI?SYRINGE (ABIR KI PICHKARI) Deccan, Central India, late 18th - early 19th century? Of typical cylindrical shape, the body engraved with concentric plain bands, the upper end of the syringe worked as a mythical creature, on one side an elephant and on the latter a makara, engraved with fur, scales and realistic elements to enhance their appearance, the end of the trunk a blossomed lotus flower, the lower end with a piston to push the coloured water out, 53.5cm long. During Holi, to celebrate the Spring Equinox, people would either throw coloured powders or spray water mixed with essences and colours at each other. Syringes such as this would have been instrumental around this time of the year and they can be seen in several miniatures of the time. For another example in silver filigree but with the same shape and use, please see C. Terlinden, Mughal Silver Magnificence, Brussels, 1987, p. 87, fig. 99.Notes: Islamic & Indian Art