Two brass vessels worked in repoussé, probably Poona, India, circa 1900

comprising one squat globular vase decorated in repoussé depicting six Avatars of Vishnu, the milk jug also worked in repoussé with quadrupeds in a lush landscape and serpent-form handle

Both in generally good condition, some discoloration and remnants of cleaning product, minor dents to edges and extremities of both, minor scratches, as viewed.
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For a comparable bowl worked with ten Avatara of Vishnu in a similar technique, see W.R.T. Wilkinson, Indian Silver, 1858-1947, London, 1999, p.161, no. 261.