Indian Cooking Vessel, with 2 Handles

Wide, shallow basin with two loop handles flaring from its rim like ears.

This brass cooking vessel with two handles is from India, and dates to the 20th century. Brass has long been a favored metal for Indian kitchen vessels, as it conducts heat well and can be cast, hammered and polished by hand. Broad rounded bowl in warm brown tone, polished bright in the interior and darker on the outside. Two thin arched handles rise from opposite sides of the rim. Faint hammer facets and darkened patches show on the surface. It is 4.75 inches high and 9.75 in diameter.

A big open smile of a pan, ready for any task.