A SOLID BRASS PORTABLE LOTA (WATER CONTAINER)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
India, mid-20th century

Shaped as a small portable amphora, with a bulbous body resting on a short splayed foot, rising to narrow shoulders and a cylindrical rim, surmounted by a screwed-in circular lid with cusped handle, the interior with a small drinking cup, the lid stamped and marked in Devanagari script reading 'Lota', 17cm high.