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Dish for Ritual Offerings

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The dish features a circular shape. The dish has a flat bottom and curved sides. The dish has a colorful design. The center of the dish has a small circle. Surrounding the small circle is a circle of silver. Surrounding the silver circle are circles of orange, blue and brown beads. There are eight silver pieces with a red and green stone on top around the edge. The silver pieces are oval shaped. The background of the image is gray. The dish is titled "Dish for Ritual Offerings".

Artwork details

Date:
17th–19th century
Medium:
Gilt silver, rock crystal, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, yellow quartz, garnets, spinels, coral, shell, amber, lapis lazuli, and semiprecious stones
Culture:
Nepal
Dimensions:
532 × 624 px
Museum record:
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