Decorative vase with lid with sitting monkey on top
Accession Nr.: | 53.251.1-3 |
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Type: | vase; ceramics |
Date of production: |
end of 19th c.
Colonial period |
Place of production: |
Materials: | earthenware |
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Techniques: | fired; glazed; wheel-trown |
Dimensions: | height: 34 cm width: 22.3 cm |
Decorative vase in three pieces. The body is a slightly flattened spherical vase, narrow rim at the top, wide mouth opening. Yellow, green, red-brown ornaments on a dark brown background, tendril and flower patterns: among them, in the form of four round medallions, a figure of a seated man, in the floral ornaments between the medallions, two hamsas (Indian swans). The interior is ocher in color. On the top of the lid, a figure of a monkey is sitting.
Composition of the Bombay School of Applied Arts, based on an old model.
Composition of the Bombay School of Applied Arts, based on an old model.