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ca. 1700 · Bidri (zinc alloy with inlay of brass and silver) · Asian Art

This charming box stored the spices used for making pan, a mildly narcotic digestive whose main ingredients are betel nut and powdered lime. The form, of a sleeping duck, may be inspired by Chinese porcelains of this subject in circulation in eighteenth-century India.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Bidri (zinc alloy with inlay of brass and silver)

Culture

India (Deccan)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1997