perfume container; oil container (cosmetic container)

Silver oil or perfume vessel with a lid and stopper. Upright discoidal vessel with a rounded flat body, pedestal base, spout and neck. Decorated with engraved and applied decoration of scrolls of flowers. The spout terminates in an animal head, makara form. The stopper and lid are attached with double chains. The inside of the container is possibly made of zinc, which has corroded.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
27.2.48/7
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 165.1 x 101.6 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
silver; zinc
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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