Container for Pan (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

first half of 18th century
Indian
Containers-Boxes
Metalwork
gilt silver, silver wire
North India,Rajasthan,probably Mewar,
Overall: 5 3/4 × 5 13/16 × 4 7/8 in. (14.61 × 14.76 × 12.38 cm)
2003.61.2a-b
Part of a set "Tray" (2003.61.1)
This sumptuous container and tray would have been used for serving the digestive pan at the conclusion of a lavish meal. Nets of twisted silver wire are stretched over gilded silver frameworks and are accented by applied gilded-silver strips and medallions engraved with simple floral designs. The box and tray were once in the palace collections of Udaipur, the capital of Rajasthan’s Mewar region.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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