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Dated by inscription 1733 · Copper alloy · Asian Art

This spouted ewer (lota) with bulbous body is a typical form for metal vessels employed in temple worship. An inscription records that it was gifted by Ranajit Malla, the king of Bhaktapur (r. 1722–89), and is dated to 1733. Ranajit was the grandson of King Jitamitra Malla of Bhaktapur, who, along with his younger brother Ugra Malla, donated another temple ewer in the Museum’s collection, dated 1675. It is inscribed “the 15th of the bright half of Baisakh 853 (April–May 1733), gifted by Ranajit Malla deva of Bhaktapur.”

Artist

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Date

Dated by inscription 1733

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Nepal, Bhaktapur

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Zimmerman Family Collection, Gift of the Zimmerman Family, 2020