Pan Box in the Shape of a Duck ca. 1700 India (Deccan) This charming box stored the spices used for making pan, a mildly narcotic digestive whose main ingredients are betel nut and powdered lime. The form, of a sleeping duck, may be inspired by Chinese porcelains of this subject in circulation in eighteenth-century Pan Box in the Shape of a Duck 39492

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Size: 2000px × 1596px
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License: Licensed
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