Antique Indian bronze Dhokra owl box / container with a hinged lid
Colonial Raj figural bronze container in the form of an owl. Dhokra technique, with a hinged lid in the form of the owl's head above an elaborately decorated body supported by two feet and a tail. The box may have been intended as inkwell.
Made in Odisha, India, c. 1880's.
Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. One of the earliest known lost wax artefacts is the dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro. The product of dhokra artisans are in great demand because of primitive simplicity, enchanting folk motifs and forceful form. Dhokra horses, elephants, peacocks, owls, religious images, measuring bowls, and lamp caskets etc., are highly appreciated.
426 g
10 cm tall
5 cm wide
6.5 cm from claws to tail
Great antique condition.
Colonial Raj figural bronze container in the form of an owl. Dhokra technique, with a hinged lid in the form of the owl's head above an elaborately decorated body supported by two feet and a tail. The box may have been intended as inkwell.
Made in Odisha, India, c. 1880's.
Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. One of the earliest known lost wax artefacts is the dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro. The product of dhokra artisans are in great demand because of primitive simplicity, enchanting folk motifs and forceful form. Dhokra horses, elephants, peacocks, owls, religious images, measuring bowls, and lamp caskets etc., are highly appreciated.
426 g
10 cm tall
5 cm wide
6.5 cm from claws to tail
Great antique condition.
Colonial Raj figural bronze container in the form of an owl. Dhokra technique, with a hinged lid in the form of the owl's head above an elaborately decorated body supported by two feet and a tail. The box may have been intended as inkwell.
Made in Odisha, India, c. 1880's.
Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. One of the earliest known lost wax artefacts is the dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro. The product of dhokra artisans are in great demand because of primitive simplicity, enchanting folk motifs and forceful form. Dhokra horses, elephants, peacocks, owls, religious images, measuring bowls, and lamp caskets etc., are highly appreciated.
426 g
10 cm tall
5 cm wide
6.5 cm from claws to tail
Great antique condition.
