A LARGE ENGRAVED BRONZE LOTA (WATER CONTAINER)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
India, late 19th - 20th century

Of typical globular shape, resting on a curved plain base, rising to narrow shoulders and a short everted flattened rim, the central and upper sections of the body engraved with overlapping horizontal bands of cusped and heart-shaped cartouches filled with rosettes, stylised lotus flowers, vegetal tendrils, foliage and geometric lattice bands, 31cm high and 23.5cm diam.