Pan Box in the Shape of a Duck, ca. 1700, India (Deccan), Bidri (zinc alloy with inlay of brass and silver), H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); L. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Metalwork, This charming box stored the spices used for making pan, a mildly narcotic digestive whose main ingredients are betel nut and powdered lime. The form, of a sleeping duck, may be inspired by Chinese porcelains of this subject in circulation in eighteenth-century India
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Pan Box, Shape, Duck, ca, 1700, India, Deccan, Bidri, zinc alloy, inlay, brass, silver, H, 5 5/8, 14.3 cm, L, 7 1/4, 18.4, D, 4 1/2, 11.4, Metalwork, charming, box, stored, spices, pan, mildly narcotic, digestive, main ingredients, betel nut, powdered lime, form, sleeping duck, inspired, Chinese porcelains, subject, circulation, eighteenth-century India
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