Object class: Vessels (containers) / Accession number: Acc.2910

Start Over Object class Vessels (containers) Accession number Acc.2910

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865e, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865f, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865d, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12865c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Metal pitcher, accession number 9-12863a-c, described as Vessel, brass with lid and cup; a) vessel with turned mouth; height: 13.5 cm; b) screw-on lid with handle; diameter: 7.8 cm; c) cup which fits into mouth of (a); height: 6.2 cm.

$Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 9-12916, described as Cast bronze vessel with a spout, a hinged lid with a peacock finial (broken tail); cast grass. Native name and meaning: "varhi" a vessel for ghee. Used by Hindu's for pouring ghee, either in religious or domestic contexts. A saying in Gujerati "ghee varhi ma thi pissar_ju {partially illegible} or "ghee flowed from a varhi", signified lavish entertainment, because the ghee is poured without lifting the spout between place-settings. In its household context, this vessel is used for storing and pouring ghee. A vessel of this type is used in the worship of Vishnu by followers of Vallabhacharya, the founder of the Pushti Marg cult, who believe that the deity drinks water from it in their absence. Height approximately 16 cm. (including the finial).$

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