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Description: | Round cast brass water vessel on four globular feet. The vessel has a globular body with a movable handle set into two rings at either side of the rim. It is decorated with triangular panels in copper and silver ganga-jumna, meaning two colour decoration, representing the Ganga and Juman rivers, 'dark and light'. The engraved decoration is arranged in vertical lozenges of overlaid silver with floral motifs, leaving triangular panels overlaid with similar deisgns in copper.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn14040 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | water containers (containers (containers)) metal silver copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-128559 | Go to resource |
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