Metal Inlaid Vase? Is this considered Bidri ware?

I know it isn't ancient - or even old and likely from India. Trying to figure out the decor on this really large vase. Is it considered Bidri ware? Approx. height 15.5 inches.
Thank you for looking.

 

Leaves, flowers & butterflies?? At least that's what I'm seeing....

 

It's not traditional bidri ware, but the process was likely similar. Damascene work is the catch-all phrase for inlaying metal into metal. I don't recognise this style, but it looks nice. Is it brass and copper, or is the red something else?

 

This looks more like deposit plating. Brass to copper? .... unless I am just totally seeing this wrong.

 

I honestly am not sure what mixed metals I am dealing with - it is thin like copper and when I first saw it, I immediately thought it was copper. I would think the floral motif is brass. It didn't look like deposit plating to me but this is piece is not anything I am familiar with.

 

Can you feel any incision around the brass colored design? It looks like it might be a selective/resist patination technique rather than inlay. Perhaps @Hollyblue might recognize the method?

 

It's too hard to see how it was done,it depends on the base metal.A few spots look like acid etching a plated material.It is not Bidri ware since it is a white metal of mostly zinc with a little copper and lead with silver inlay.

 

that is interesting! When I looked at it under a loop, I told my husband that it reminded me of acid etched glass. Slightly raised - you can feel it. Is there a technical name or term for that? Thank you!

 

Here are a few more up close images - I took with somewhat raking light.

 

That does look like acid etch or deposit electrolosis. Is the red lacquer then?

 

Just for clarification, bidri is made from a zinc alloy, as Hollyblue said, with silver inlay. It is treated with a patination process that turns the zinc base black, but does not affect the silver. The contrast of the black background and the bright polished silver is the distinctive feature of bidriware.


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I will have to look up the difference between deposit electrolosis and deposit plating as VeryBrad mentioned. If it is red lacquer - it was applied pretty thin or else there is more age this piece then I originally thought. I appreciate everyone's help and education. I am not familiar with 'metalware' and do not tend to collect it unless it is plique a jour or champleve enamel, which I love.