15cm hand-decorated iron vase

Round gunmetal finish iron vase with intricate floral decoration applied by hand in India. 15 cm diameter at the base, 11 cm at the rim, 19 cm tall. These metal artefacts are made by master craftsmen in their own small workshops in the city of Jodphur. This income supplements their erratic earnings from agriculture, which is dependent on the arrival of the monsoon, and is crucial to the local economy.