This charming brass sprinkler, of elegant proportions, has a beautiful and soft patina commensurate with its age.
Its most striking feature is the lotus petal-like gadrooning on the body, and the upper part of the body engraved with scrolling plant motifs, giving it a pleasing sculptural and decorative quality. It also has a fine patina and obvious age.
Executed in tembaga kuning (yellow brass), sprinklers such as this were used in two important Malay ceremonies.
The first is the cukur rambut ceremony which marks the Malay child's first hair cut. Sliced pandan leaves and flowers sprinkled with rose water (air mawar) were given to guests at this ceremony. Rose water was believed to have purifying properties.
The second ceremony is the merenjis (blessing) ceremony during bersanding (sitting-in-state)in which the Malay bride and groom's hands and fingers are stained with henna (berinai) the night before the bersanding component of the wedding celebrations. The bride and groom were sprinkled with rose water during merenjis ceremony.
Height : 26cm
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Its most striking feature is the lotus petal-like gadrooning on the body, and the upper part of the body engraved with scrolling plant motifs, giving it a pleasing sculptural and decorative quality. It also has a fine patina and obvious age.
Executed in tembaga kuning (yellow brass), sprinklers such as this were used in two important Malay ceremonies.
The first is the cukur rambut ceremony which marks the Malay child's first hair cut. Sliced pandan leaves and flowers sprinkled with rose water (air mawar) were given to guests at this ceremony. Rose water was believed to have purifying properties.
The second ceremony is the merenjis (blessing) ceremony during bersanding (sitting-in-state)in which the Malay bride and groom's hands and fingers are stained with henna (berinai) the night before the bersanding component of the wedding celebrations. The bride and groom were sprinkled with rose water during merenjis ceremony.
Height : 26cm
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