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Jar and basin for washing hands

Title

Year/Period

c. 1972

Region

Kelantan, Northeast Malay Peninsula

Object Type

dining hand washing sets

Dimension

Object size: H22.3 cm (Jar),
Object size: H16.8 cm (Basin),
Object size: Dia21.5 x H17 cm

Accession No.

XXXX-03291

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This water jar and basin have no discerning decorations which suggest that the emphasis was more on the functional shape of the object rather that then on the decorative pattern.The most common decorations on Malay brassware tend to be floral and vegetation within geometric or calligraphic motifs. These motifs were either engraved or embossed onto the object.