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Title
Spittoon
Subject
Vessel
Description
Spittoon in two pieces, with wide funnel-shaped mouth, horizontal lines and weighted base.
Source
A. Mohideen collection
Date
1800-1899
Relation
Full size, in two parts
Detail of two sections, am_b19_1
Identifier
am.b19
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
19th century
Place of Creation
N. Sri Lanka or India
Measurements (H: W: L:)
62.9 x 26.4 x 16.5 cm. (24 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Materials
Brass alloy
Techniques
Cast and turned
Features
Two-part construction
Notes
A. K. Coomaraswamy, Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, 1908, p. 203
Collection
Dublin Core XML
Citation
"Spittoon," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1009, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/1009 (accessed May 17, 2024).