Handa (Cooking Vessel)

This object is decorated completely with floral pattern and Persian couplets with a date, which are inscribed around the object. The Persian couplets give out messages for human beings. The date 1023 AH/ 1615 CE is inscribed near the couplets. The date is of Mughal emperor Jahangir’s reign (1605-1627). On the edge (inner portion) and around the neck portion of vessel, the Persian couplets are expressing the resemblance of beauty of the beloved one with the vessel.