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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Mumbai, India (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1880-1890 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Bombay School of Art (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Earthenware, underpainted and glazed

  • Museum number:

    IS.226-2006

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 16, shelf 5

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This large earthenware vase with a thin turquoise glaze over white underpainted flowers on scrolling lines was almost certainly made at the Bombay School of Art in about 1880 or 1890. The School's pottery was exported to the West through the great international exhibitions. The vase came to the museum in 1920.

Physical description

Thin turquoise glaze over white underpainted flowers on scrolling lines.

Place of Origin

Mumbai, India (made)

Date

ca. 1880-1890 (made)

Artist/maker

Bombay School of Art (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Earthenware, underpainted and glazed

Dimensions

Height: 41.5 cm, Diameter: 11.8 cm foot

Object history note

Formerly Kennedy Loan 1, deposited in the museum in 1920 (1920/6589)

Descriptive line

Vase, earthenware with turquoise glaze over white underpainted flowers on scrolling lines, Bombay School of Art, Mumbai, ca. 1880-1890

Materials

Glaze; Red earthenware

Subjects depicted

Flowers

Categories

Ceramics; Earthenware; Vases

Collection code

SSEA

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