Pot maker
Painting
ca. 1840-ca. 1850 (made)
ca. 1840-ca. 1850 (made)
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Pot maker. From a series of 16 paintings depicting various occupations.
Object details
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| Title | Pot maker (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and watercolour |
| Brief description | Painting; gouache and watercolour, Pot maker, Tanjore, ca. 1840 - ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Pot maker. From a series of 16 paintings depicting various occupations. |
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| Gallery label | A POTTERY WORKSHOP
Opaque watercolour on paper
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
1840-50
IS.7-1990
This painting provides a detailed depiction of
a potter’s workshop in Thanjavur. On the left a man is making domestic cooking stoves. In the centre two figures are increasing the size of
the clay pots by beating them with flat wooden paddles. On the right a woman is applying red slip (liquid clay) to the outside of a water pot.(27/9/2013) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 66 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.7-1990 |
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| Record created | October 3, 2002 |
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