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Earthenware pottery

Jar
Date uncertain (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Small lota-shaped jar, bowl-shaped lower body; rounded shoulder contracting to the slightly concave tubular neck, with out-turned rim. Unornamented and buff-coloured with a raised fillet at base of neck.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEarthenware pottery (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, unglazed, incised and coated with feric-oxide
Brief description
Pottery, earthenware, Odugattur N Arcot
Physical description
Small lota-shaped jar, bowl-shaped lower body; rounded shoulder contracting to the slightly concave tubular neck, with out-turned rim. Unornamented and buff-coloured with a raised fillet at base of neck.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.75in
  • Maximum diameter: 5.125in
Style
Credit line
Given by F.J. Richards, Esq., M.A., I.C.S.
Object history
Given by F.J.Richards, Esq. MA, I.C.S.
Production
Found in a grave of the Iron-age, near Odugattur, North Arcot District
Collection
Accession number
IM.314-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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