Vase
c. 1850 (made)
| Place of origin |
This moss agate vase was produced in Ahmedabad in Gujarat State, India, in the mid- to late 19th century. The city has long been associated with the production of decorative and/or utilitarian wares from local quartz hardstones and to this day it continues to be a major gem cutting and trade centre.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Moss agate, cut and polished using abrasives, most probably fashioned by turning on a bow-driven lathe. |
| Brief description | Vase, turned, red and green moss agate, broken and repaired with fragment missing, Ahmedabad India, 19th century |
| Physical description | A vase with a turned and contoured base and stem, rising to a thin rim. Fashioned in moss agate with a translucent colourless body with masses of purplish red and green opaque, moss-like strands. Broken and repaired but with a fragment missing from the rim. |
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| Object history | This vase was formerly in The India Museum in London and it was then transferred to the South Kensington Museum (later renamed The Victoria & Albert Museum) in 1879. It was valued in 1855 at £4. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Case .] '01,378. VASE. Moss agate. 12,791' |
| Summary | This moss agate vase was produced in Ahmedabad in Gujarat State, India, in the mid- to late 19th century. The city has long been associated with the production of decorative and/or utilitarian wares from local quartz hardstones and to this day it continues to be a major gem cutting and trade centre. |
| Other number | 12791 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 01378(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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