{"product_id":"pair-of-hand-engraved-brass-camels","title":"Pair of Hand-Engraved Brass Camels • India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Larger camel H 8.5\" × L 7\" · Smaller camel H 6\" × L 7\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid brass, hand-chased and engraved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa mid-20th century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e India, in the export brassware tradition; maker unrecorded\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sold as a pair, price is for both\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent vintage condition. The engraving is crisp throughout, with a warm unpolished patina and light surface marks consistent with age and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrass has been worked by hand in northern India for centuries, and the finest of that work was never cast into its detail but cut into it afterward, with steel points driven along the surface one stroke at a time. Camels entered that repertoire as a subject that travelled well, familiar to every market the brass itself moved through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these carries a bordered panel across the saddle, engraved with palms and a domed roofline inside frames of dentil banding, and an eight-point star cut into either haunch. The tool angle shifts from panel to panel and the border bands run at slightly different pitches, which is the evidence of a hand rather than a die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were made as a graduated pair and still read as one composition, the smaller following the larger with its head raised at the same angle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sojourn Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49563487535319,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/1344\/2263\/files\/C08BD8F4-DAD7-4F8B-B81C-871C856B6B29.jpg?v=1786238035","url":"https:\/\/www.sojournvintage.com\/products\/pair-of-hand-engraved-brass-camels","provider":"Sojourn Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}