Indian Brass Urli

Broad, ring-banded dish with nothing to hide and nothing in it.

This brass urli is from India, and dates to the 19th century. An urli is a wide, shallow bowl from southern India, and in Kerala and neighboring regions it is often filled with water and flowers or floating candles. Shallow circular dish with a flattened rim and several raised ridges around the lower wall. The inside is smooth and faintly mottled in dark olive, while the exterior has a worn brown sheen and a slim foot. It is 1.25 inches high and 3.5 in diameter.

Built to hold things and happy to be empty.