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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Earthenware pottery

Tripod Jar
Date uncertain
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A tripod burial urn, the ovoid body resting on three short tubular feet with a clearly defined shoulder, contracting to the thick out-turned rim of the mouth. Unornamented. Made of buff-coloured earthenware.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEarthenware pottery
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, unglzed and coated with feric-oxide
Brief description
Pottery, earthenware, Odugattur N Arcot
Physical description
A tripod burial urn, the ovoid body resting on three short tubular feet with a clearly defined shoulder, contracting to the thick out-turned rim of the mouth. Unornamented. Made of buff-coloured earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.5in
  • Maximum diameter: 7.625in
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 Distirct, South India
Collection
Accession number
IM.305-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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