Ganga Jumna Ravitra Pani Lota From Haridwar - 19th Century Pillars Painted using traditional Tibetan earth

Painted using traditional Tibetan earth pigments it has a wonderful depth of colours

It is made from beautifully carved teak in the form of a peacock arch with carved parrots at the base of the arch

some handles were missing and have been replaced with hand turned ivory substitute handles

this cabinet would have had gilt painting on the doors

Ganga Jumna Ravitra Pani Lota From Haridwar - 19th Century Pillars Painted using traditional Tibetan earthCarried from the bustling ghats of Haridwar, where the sacred Ganges meets the Himalayan foothills, this Ganga Jumna Ravitra Pani lota holds more than water it holds the memory of devotion. Fashioned in the traditional two tone Ganga Jumna style, warm brass flows into a wide copper band, echoing the confluence of two great rivers. Around the vessel's shoulder, an inscription in finely punched Devanagari script reads: " " "Sacred Water of the Ganga and