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Trumpet-Mouthed Water Holder with Gadrooned Body

Hindu, 18th-19th century

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Trumpet-Mouthed Water Holder with Gadrooned Body

Hindu, 18th-19th century

Physical Qualities Metal alloy, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) H
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.84
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ornamental Art of India," January 30-May 18, 2008.
Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 362.

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