Milk jug with Chinese symbols

Made:: 1801-1920 in Tibet

maker:: Unknown

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Brass milk jug with spout, loop handle and separated domed lid in form of horned dragon's head with movable copper tongue, pot embossed with Chinese symbols, Tibetan, 1801-1920

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Object Number:: A130239

Materials:: brass, complete, copper, not recorded

type:: jug

taxonomy:

furnishing and equipment
container - receptacle
vessel

credit:: Binnie, B.G.

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