Hand-Hammered Lidded Round Tin Cooking and Serving Dish golden wheat and the exterior features intricately

and the exterior features intricately incised designs in black and cinnabar

or with either or both larger diamond shaped layers underneath--one black with silver stripes

It measures 6" tall x 2 3/8" wide x 3/16" deep without the string hanging loop

perhaps suggesting it was a test run or sample

Hand-Hammered Lidded Round Tin Cooking and Serving Dish golden wheat and the exterior features intricatelyI think this lidded bowl is truly a gorgeous object, with a wonderful form and fantastic patina from age and use. I've found a few online with the same shape and structure, either clearly made of copper or described as tinned copper. I am not certain but it looks to me like this one is simply tin; either way, the metal is definitely hand hammered, and the irregularities make it really beautiful. I believe this would have been used for cooking as well