pilgrim's flask
Pilgrim's Flask
late 19th century (made)
late 19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The vase has a circular flat-sided body on a flared foot, a short tubular neck with two looped handles either side and a bulbous mouth on top. It is mainly painted in turquoise blue (copper) with some outer decoration in a darker blue (cobalt) against a white ground with touches of manganese purple in the floral detailing all under a transparent vitreous glaze. The painted decoration is repeated on both sides with a central stylised floral design encircled by a band S stylised acanthus leaves and an outer concentric bans of petal motifs. The foot is also decorated with an acanthus design. The perimeter has a design of quatrefoils linked by pairs of curving leaf forms which are repeated at the mouth.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | pilgrim's flask (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | fritware |
| Brief description | Ritual, earthenware, glazed, Jaipur Rajasthan, C19 |
| Physical description | The vase has a circular flat-sided body on a flared foot, a short tubular neck with two looped handles either side and a bulbous mouth on top. It is mainly painted in turquoise blue (copper) with some outer decoration in a darker blue (cobalt) against a white ground with touches of manganese purple in the floral detailing all under a transparent vitreous glaze. The painted decoration is repeated on both sides with a central stylised floral design encircled by a band S stylised acanthus leaves and an outer concentric bans of petal motifs. The foot is also decorated with an acanthus design. The perimeter has a design of quatrefoils linked by pairs of curving leaf forms which are repeated at the mouth. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Imperial Institute |
| Historical context | Jeypore School of Art produced pottery in the late 19th century after one of the pupils of Bhola, who was a chief artist of Delhi fritware, introduced the technique. As the pieces are made of a mixture of feldspar and starch they cannot be thrown on a wheel but were either raised by hand or in a mould. See Watt, Sir George,Indian Art at Delhi: being the Official Catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition, 1902-03, Calcutta, n.d, p.90. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.77-1926 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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