Indian Goli 0r Doughnut-Form Vessel

A doughnut, the catalogue says. Nearly four feet across, and not for dunking.

This goli, or doughnut-form vessel, is copper, from India. The record gives no date. Hammered copper containers of great size have long been made in India, generally for storing water or grain. The body is wide and low, with a rolled rim around a small mouth and a raised seam at the shoulder. Hammer marks dimple the surface, which is mottled in bright copper and near black. An orange paint mark sits on the shoulder. It is 27 inches high and 47 in diameter.

It holds its shape and its silence.