Earthenware stand
Stand
ca 300 BC - 400 AD (made)
ca 300 BC - 400 AD (made)
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| Place of origin |
Stand for a jar, hollow and reversible, with mouth and base expanding to a rim, from a contracted waist. Round the waist are three sets of black lines. Slightly chipped and weathered. Made of baked buff-coloured earthenware, covered with a polished terra-cotta coloured pigment (haematite), and painted with three sets of blacklines.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Earthenware stand (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, unglazed and fired, burnished, incised |
| Brief description | Pottery, earthenware, Bellary India |
| Physical description | Stand for a jar, hollow and reversible, with mouth and base expanding to a rim, from a contracted waist. Round the waist are three sets of black lines. Slightly chipped and weathered. Made of baked buff-coloured earthenware, covered with a polished terra-cotta coloured pigment (haematite), and painted with three sets of blacklines. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS) |
| Object history | A label is pasted on it, presumably written by Robert Sewell, before 1914, which reads, "Prehistoric India. Stand for a vessel found in excavating a rude stone circle at Juntakal, Bellary District, India. It is similar to such stands found in ancient Egypt." Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS), 4 Bristol Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. R.P. 1913- 1326M |
| Production | Bellary District |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.303-1914 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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