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Description: | Silver oil or perfume vessel with a lid and stopper. The container is upright and discoidal with a rounded flat body, pedestal base, spout and neck. The container is decorated with an engraved and applied decoration of scrolls of flowers. The spout terminates in an animal head, makara form. The stopper and lid are attached with double chains. The inside of the container is possible made of zinc, which has corroded.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 27.2.48/7 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | zinc silver perfume containers oil containers (cosmetic container) Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-55484 | Go to resource |
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