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Overhead photo of a flat arrangement of silver ritual vessels laid out on a black cloth. Top left is a rectangular silver tray with engraved border. Above centre are a small silver cup with a spout, a shallow saucer-like dish and a small silver tumbler. Centre left is a round silver bowl with a spoon, next to a tapered silver pitcher-like vessel and a pair of silver cups with handles. Lower left is a round silver plate with a long curved handle and engraved floral and deity-like motifs. Four small silver bowls sit in a square cluster lower centre, and a large lobed silver bowl with decorative edge rests at lower right. At the bottom right edge, a seated person in white clothing with a pen and paper is visible, writing or recording the items. The scene suggests silver puja or abhishekam vessels being inventoried.

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A top-down photograph of an arrangement of silver ritual vessels laid on a black cloth. A rectangular silver tray with a central engraved motif sits at left. Upper right are a footed silver lamp or stand, a small silver cup with a handle, and a silver ewer. Centre features a repousse silver pot, a pointed silver spouted vessel, and two silver cups with curved handles. Four small silver bowls sit in a grid below, and a large embossed silver bowl with scalloped rim sits lower right. A white cloth edges the bottom right corner. No people are present.2011-01-25A top-down photograph of an arrangement of silver vessels on a black cloth. A rectangular silver tray with an engraved motif sits at left. Scattered around it are a small silver cup with a lid, a round silver plate, a silver tumbler, an ornate silver bowl with a spoon, a tapering silver pitcher, two silver cups with handles, four small silver bowls, and a larger embossed silver bowl at lower right. No people are visible.2011-01-25A photograph taken from above of an arrangement of silver ritual vessels laid on a black cloth on a white tiled floor. Several polished silver trays are visible, including an oval tray with scalloped, embossed edges at upper left, a large oval scalloped tray at centre, and a plain oval tray at right. Small round silver bowls and cups sit among them, and an ornate silver ewer or sprinkler with a finial stands at upper right beside a gold-coloured ornamental stand and a white cloth. No people are visible.2011-01-25A photograph of an arranged set of polished silver ritual vessels laid out on a black cloth. Pieces include a footed bowl with a scalloped rim and engraved bands, two spouted vessels with pointed handles, a small cup with a spoon, a shallow plate, a lamp-like dish on a tray, a conch-shaped vessel, four small engraved bowls, and a covered jar with a ladle. No people are visible.2011-01-25Top-down photo of silver ritual vessels laid out on a dark navy cloth on a white tiled floor. Several polished silver plates and trays with scalloped rims sit alongside small cylindrical cups, a covered bowl, and a lidded dish. A silver ewer or pitcher with a star-shaped finial stands at upper right, and a partly visible ornate gold and silver object appears at the top edge. A corner of white fabric and a hand at the lower left edge are visible.2011-01-25Overhead photograph on a black background of two polished silver serving trays. On the left, a round scalloped silver tray holds several small silver bowls with engraved rims, a small lidded dish, a flat rectangular silver box with a floral motif, a small spouted pitcher, a tiny cup, and a flowered container. On the right, a rectangular silver tray with two handles has an ornate engraved floral medallion in its centre and a decorative border. No people or a person are visible; the scene shows only silverware.2011-01-25A photograph of silver ritual vessels on a black cloth, seen from above. On the left, a round scalloped silver tray holds several small silver bowls with floral engraving, a small ornate silver cup, a tiny lidded dish and a shallow silver spoon-like ladle. On the right, a large rectangular silver tray with handles and a central engraved floral and medallion design sits beside it. No people are visible.2011-01-25Overhead view of a set of polished silver vessels arranged on a dark maroon cloth on a tiled floor. Rows of small silver cups and bowls, some with embossed floral rims, sit at the top. Below are a tall footed silver vessel with a handle, a cylindrical silver container, two larger shallow silver bowls with decorative rims, and a large round silver plate at lower right. No people are visible.2009-10-18A still-life photograph of silver ritual vessels arranged on a black cloth. A large engraved silver tray with a lotus-petal rim and a central floral motif dominates the centre. Around it sit two small silver cups, a taller silver tumbler with a small spoon, an ornate pierced silver basket with a handle at the top, and a dark metal pedestal bowl shaped like a leaf. No people or deity murti are visible.2011-01-25A photograph, taken from above, of an arrangement of silver and steel ritual vessels laid out on a striped woven mat with dark purple and red, green and cream bands, set on a grey concrete floor. Items include a large engraved silver bowl, a cylindrical silver cup, a silver kalasha-style pot, two long-handled silver ladles or spoons, several small silver cups and bowls, a flat engraved silver plate, a rectangular silver tray, a silver lamp-stand with a domed top, and a pair of silver flower-topped candlesticks. No people are visible; the objects are the sole subject.2007-03-15A photograph of an arrangement of silver ritual vessels laid out on a black cloth from above. On the upper left is a rectangular silver tray with a engraved central motif. Nearby sit a small ornate silver bowl with a spoon, a slender silver jug with a curved spout, two silver cups with handles, a silver goblet, and a shallow silver dish. Four small round silver bowls with plain rims sit in a cluster below, and a larger silver basket-like vessel with a scalloped rim and embossed decoration sits at lower right. No people are visible.2011-01-25Overhead photo of an arranged set of silver and silver-coloured ritual vessels laid out on a striped woven mat over a concrete floor. Visible items include two tall lamp stands with flared tops, a footed bowl, engraved and hammered-pattern bowls, several round trays, small cups and spoons, a tall ornate container, a twisted-handled ladle and a round tray with a scalloped edge. No people are present.2007-03-15