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Brass pandanoblique

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  • Brass pandan (oblique)
  • Brass pandan (oblique)
  • Brass pandan (side, back)
  • Brass pandan (side, front)
  • Brass pandan (top)
  • Brass pandan (bottom)
  • Brass pandan (inside)
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Brass pandan

  • Description

    Floral motifs appear in much of the decorative art of north India and the Deccan in the Mughal period. This lidded box for pan (a chewing-quid of betel leaf and areca nut, popular throughout India) has engraved flowering plants with stylised ‘Chinese’ clouds and scrollwork, which would originally have been filled with red or green lac inlays.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 17th century
    Material and technique
    brass, engraved
    Dimensions
    9 x 11.2 x 16.4 cm (height x width x depth)
    at base 4.8 x 11.2 x 16.4 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass
    Technique index
    formed › cast,
    printed › intaglio print › engraving
    Object type index
    container › betel-container › pandan,
    stimulant/narcotic equipment › betel equipment › betel-container › pandan
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1993.
    Accession no.
    EA1993.393

  • Further reading

    Zebrowski, Mark, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India (London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997), p. 227, fig. 473 & pl. 492

Location

    • First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India

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