plate
Plate
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The unglazed earthenware plate is painted with dark brown patterns of wavy lines on the rim and concentric lines and a band of hatching surrounding a central stylised floral motif on a white ground. This motif hash cross-hatched petals surrounded by a band of stylised flower buds.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | plate (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | unglazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Pottery, earthenware, Tatta Sind |
| Physical description | The unglazed earthenware plate is painted with dark brown patterns of wavy lines on the rim and concentric lines and a band of hatching surrounding a central stylised floral motif on a white ground. This motif hash cross-hatched petals surrounded by a band of stylised flower buds. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | The plate was bought for the South Kensington Museum by Caspar Purdon Clarke on a purchasing trip to India, 1881-82 |
| Historical context | Sind has had a long tradition of making glazed earthenware tiles and pottery and Tatta was one of the main centres of manufacture |
| Production | made before 1881-82 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.234-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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