Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Pot

Subject

Vessel

Description

Water pot with thick rimmed narrow neck, wide shoulders sloping out to the maximum width of the pot, narrowing down to a slightly rounded base.

Source

A. Mohideen collection

Date

1880-1919

Relation

Detail, of neck
Detail, am_b2_1

Identifier

am.b2

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th/early 20th century

Place of Creation

N. Sri Lanka or India

Measurements (H: W: L:)

34.3 x 15.2 x 35.6 cm. (13 1/2 x 6 x 14 in.)

Materials

Brass alloy

Techniques

Cast and turned

Features

Horizontal grooved lines

Notes

A. K. Coomaraswamy, Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, 1908, p. 203

Citation

"Pot," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1011, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/1011 (accessed April 28, 2024).

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