Vase

Museum number:
9-9806
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
India
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-9806, described as Jar, brass, globular with short neck; three demon and three demon and seven female figures in arches; continuous line and dot borders; height 11.8 cm. Native name: Lota (water vessel). Water from a lota would be transferred to the smaller panch patra before being offered to the deity. This very decorated example may be made for ornamental use.

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