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

Vase

ca. 1870-1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glazed earthenware bottle, pattern in style of Sindh pottery consisting of masses of floral decoration and bands of running floral and conventional ornament in two shades of blue on a white ground.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
glazed earthenware
Brief description
Glazed earthenware vase, Bombay School of Art, c.1870-1883
Physical description
Glazed earthenware bottle, pattern in style of Sindh pottery consisting of masses of floral decoration and bands of running floral and conventional ornament in two shades of blue on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32cm
  • Width: 26cm
Object history
Bought for the South Kensington Museum by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881-2.
Subject depicted
Other number
IND.LOST.954 - Previous LOST number
Collection
Accession number
IS.3016-1883

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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