Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 6. (Budapest, 1963)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Tóth, Edit: Water-Pots with Gujarati Inscriptions in the Museum

Fig. 1. Water-pot, Gujarat, 16th century vessel published by M. R. Majmudar and dated to the end of the 16th century

4 (Fig. 1). It is made of brass. Its characteristic features are a ringed pedestal, a bulging body, a slightly concave arching between the body and the neck, a compressed neck and a splaying brim. It is probably hammered, but this cannot be established with certainty. The mouth and the ring closing the pedestal are cast and soldered on separately. The material seems to be harder and more solid than that of later specimens. It has a tracé decoration. The decoration of the mouth and neck is the 16 233