THREE GANGA-JAMUNA COPPER AND BRASS LOTAS (WATER VESSELS)
India, 19th - 20th centuries

Comprising a larger water vessel, of compressed globular shape, with an everted circular rim, the exterior engraved with overlapping decorative friezes, the central alternating vegetal motifs with copper stripes, the top and bottom with stylised palmettes, foliage and lotus petals; and two smaller lotas with rounded globular bodies decorated with alternating ganga-jamuna (copper and brass) stripes and engraved with vegetal meanders.

The tallest 10.5cm high and the smallest 8cm high