. . "Provenance: formerly in the collection of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892??1988), the English composer, music critic, pianist, and writer.Examples of early gold repousse work are a cylindrical covered bowl and huqqa and stand, both in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait and attributed to late 17th-early 17th Century Deccan India (Manuel Keene, Treasury of the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2001 pp." . .