Cooking Pot

This rare cooking pot is cast in bronze in one piece. The outer surface of this heavy pot is variously ornamented. The collar is delicately adorned with incised floral creeper while on its belly there are figures of fish, peacock and chequered triangular forms.
A heavy layer of hardened black soot at the bottom reiterates its use as a cooking pot. The walls of such cooking pots were rather heavy to hold the heat longer to cook the food faster and retain it warm much longer.