A SOUTH ASIAN FAMILY'S HEIRLOOM: THREE TRADITIONAL COPPER ALLOY FOOD CONTAINERS
India and Pakistan, 20th century

Comprising an engraved copper dan (container) for chapati bread with a typical dome-like lid with a bulbous finial and chased lotus medallion at the top, 19.5cm diam. and 21.4cm high; a plain copper rice container, surmounted by an oval handle, with two chainlets in the front, 24.5cm diam. and 23.4cm high; and a brass pandan vessel, the lid engraved with overlapping decorative bands, 19.3cm diam. and 12.5cm high.