Bottle
c. 1880 (made)
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Place of origin |
This vessel was made in Khurja, a historic centre of ceramic production said to have been established in the 14th century and still renowned for its ceramic industry. The name of the town in present-day Uttar Pradesh means 'waste land'. According to Sir George Watt in the official catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition of 1902-1903, Indian Art at Delhi, 1903, Khurja had originally produced pottery in a style all of its own, with decoration raised in slight relief by the use of slips in floral patterns picked out in white and blue, as here, often against a warm orange brown, or pale claret coloured field. Later a rich green-blue was introduced. By the time of the Delhi Exhibition Watt laments that the distinctive style of Khurja had vanished and that their wares imitated those made at Multan with a 'dull and faded' blue, and were made in a number of 'quaint shapes'.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Glazed earthenware covered and painted with slip under a transparent glaze |
Brief description | Pottery, earthenware, Khurja Bulandshah, c1885 |
Physical description | the earthenware body of the vase is covered with a bluish grey slip painted with white and cobalt slip under a transparent glaze. The painted slip decoration is slightly raised. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Carmichael |
Summary | This vessel was made in Khurja, a historic centre of ceramic production said to have been established in the 14th century and still renowned for its ceramic industry. The name of the town in present-day Uttar Pradesh means 'waste land'. According to Sir George Watt in the official catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition of 1902-1903, Indian Art at Delhi, 1903, Khurja had originally produced pottery in a style all of its own, with decoration raised in slight relief by the use of slips in floral patterns picked out in white and blue, as here, often against a warm orange brown, or pale claret coloured field. Later a rich green-blue was introduced. By the time of the Delhi Exhibition Watt laments that the distinctive style of Khurja had vanished and that their wares imitated those made at Multan with a 'dull and faded' blue, and were made in a number of 'quaint shapes'. |
Collection | |
Accession number | IM.129-1923 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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