Caption

Box with a lid, 19th century, India; Indian; painted metal vessel with applied decoration depicting animals—lions, antelopes, jackals, cranes—trees, plant and geometric ornaments; height 3.5 cm, diameter 6.5 cm, weight 105.0 g., A reflective scene shows a group of two round metal containers placed on a glossy surface, one lying flat with its lid on and the other standing open beside it; both objects have intricate engraved designs around their sides and lids featuring ornate patterns and figurative motifs. The colors visible are silver on the metal surfaces, pale gold tones on some inner and outer edges, a neutral light gray background, and subtle reflections creating softer gray and muted silver hues on the surface beneath the objects.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_094

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 20.0in x 11.7in / 6000 x 3521 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid 19th century India Indian painted metal vessel applied decoration depicting animals lions antelopes jackals cranes trees plant geometric ornaments height 3.5 cm diameter 6.5 cm weight 105.0 g reflective scene group two round metal containers placed glossy surface lying flat standing open beside objects intricate engraved designs sides lids featuring ornate patterns figurative motifs colors visible silver metal surfaces pale gold tones inner outer edges neutral light gray background subtle reflections creating softer gray muted silver hues surface beneath objects.