Rice Measuring Bowl

90-13-5

From: India | Dariapur

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 90-13-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Malhar
Provenience India | Dariapur
Creator Baikuntha
Date Made 20th Century - 1986
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Dhokra | False Filigree | Brushed
Iconography Flowers
Description

Brushed brass below waist. Bulge at waist. Band with criss-cross pattern along midsection of bowl. Leaf decoration which extends form top of bowl at "four corners" of bowl. Geometric flower between each set of leaves. Scalloped band between diagonally striped and vertically striped bands at top of bowl. Made by Baikuntha.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1990
Other Number M-2 - Other Number

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