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Description: | Silver container for holy water, tempat tirta. Globular container with long neck tapering outwards towards the top, which terminates in a lid attached to the stem with a chain. The globular part is decorated with horizontal bands of engraved motifs, the widest consisting of vertical cartouches remeniscent of lotus petal decoration. The lower part of the neck has a band of engraved upward poiting petals; the top has downward pointing triangular motifs below narrrow horizontal bands of small motifs. The lid is decorated with engraved downward-pointing petals and has a tall finial. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | water containers (food processing & storage) Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-194952 |
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