Silverplated Brass Karahi with Handles
$89.00
Everyone at the table knows the karahi — it's the shape a good dinner arrives in, the dish you order for the whole table. This one is made for bringing that to the table, not for the stove. It's made in brass in Lahore, worked over in naqsheen nigari and...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Engraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Naqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Used in this pieceSand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
Silverplated Brass Karahi with Handles
$89.00
