4698

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    Bronze Spouted Lota

    Kerala, South India
    17th century

    height: 12.3cm, width: 17cm, weight: 1,269g

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    Provenance

    private collection, UK

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    This beautiful bronze lota has obvious great age and a superb dark brown patina. It has a flattened, spherical body; a low, flared foot; a short neck which opens to a wide mouth; and a short stubby spout that emerges from a tear-shaped cartouche that wraps down over the body.

    The body, neck and rim are cast with fine bands and rings.

    Such a lota would have been reserved for ritual purposes, for holding and dispensing holy water.

    There are old, irregularities to the foot, associated with age and use. The lota is very well cast, and with its superb patina, has wonderful decorative presence.

    References

    Zebrowski, M., Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997.

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