Water Vessel (lota)
Hindu, 1800-1899
Scroll
Water Vessel (lota)
Hindu, 1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Metal alloy, 3 H × 3 1/8 Diam. in. (7.5 × 8 cm.)
Credit Line
Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number
1922.2.72
Faithful Hindus typically devote themselves to a particular god - often Shiva, Vishnu or Vishnu's incarnation as Krishna. While rites and prayers are conducted in Hindu temples, Hinduism also embraces individual practice centered in the home. Domestic rites are conducted throughout the day as the resident god is awoken, washed, dressed, fed and put to bed each night. Milk is a staple of the god's diet, no less than the devotee's, and is offered in a jar of this type.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
Ornamental Art of India
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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. 312.
Anne Suydam Lewis, Lockwood de Forest Painter Importer Decorator, Huntington, NY: Hecksher Museum, 1976, pp. 4-10, 12-32.
Roberta A. Mayer, "The Aesthetics of Lockwood de Forest," "Winterthur Portfolio," 31:1, The Henry Hrancis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996, pp. 1-22.
Roberta A. Mayer, "The Aesthetics of Lockwood de Forest," "Winterthur Portfolio," 31:1, The Henry Hrancis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996, pp. 1-22.
