Indian Casting Mold with Lotus Motif

Faded green petals radiate from a small round hole on an octagonal face.

This bronze casting mold with lotus motif is from India, and dates to the early 20th century. A mold carries its design in reverse, so that the pattern appears the right way round only on the object that is cast from it. The surface is mottled sage green and coppery brown, and the lines of the design are shallow and softened. It is 0.25 inches high and 1.5 in diameter.

Quietly floral and a little worn at the edges.