Silver-plated engraved brass karahi with two handles, made in Lahore

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 piece

Sand Casting

Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.

SKU: AFL127