Vase
2022 (made)
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Black vase with rounded base and narrow top. It is decorated with small inlayed silver dots in a random pattern across the entire surface, evoking stars in the evening sky.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | The vase is made from a technique known as Bidri that is specific to the city of Bidar in Karnataka State, India. The process involves casting the vase from an alloy of copper and zinc and inlaying the pattern with sterling silver. The vase is then covered in local soil which contains chemical properties that react to the alloy. When the soil is cleaned off, the alloy has turned a rich black colour leaving the silver pattern to shine through. |
| Brief description | Black vase with rounded base and narrow top, decorated with pattern of small silver dots. |
| Physical description | Black vase with rounded base and narrow top. It is decorated with small inlayed silver dots in a random pattern across the entire surface, evoking stars in the evening sky. |
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| Object history | Purchased new from Evoke, London |
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| Accession number | IS.10-2023 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2023 |
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