Indian Vessel with Ring Handles

Thirty-seven inches wide at the belly, and comfortable about it.

India's coppersmiths have long raised great vessels like this one from hammered sheet, joining sections with seams and working the shape by hand. This vessel with ring handles is copper, from India, 19th century. A wide, flat lip tops a short neck, with a pair of rings hanging at either side. Raised bands circle the shoulder and the belly, where the hammering turns dark and silvery by turns. Thin metal legs lift it clear of the floor. Twenty-nine inches high and 37 inches in diameter.

Getting it through a door would be a conversation.