Vase with lid and handles
Accession Nr.: | 53.252.1-2 |
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Type: | vase; vessel; ceramics |
Date of production: |
end of 19th c.
Colonial period |
Place of production: |
Materials: | earthenware |
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Techniques: | fired; glazed |
Dimensions: | height: 27.6 cm width: 10.5 cm |
Vase with two handles and lid. Body tapering upwards, narrow, straight neck. Green decoration on a dark brown background with tendrils, leaves, flowers and stylized patterns. On either side of the body, front and back, in a horseshoe-shaped medallion: in one, a man in a turban sitting under a palm tree, holding a book or a mirror, in front of him a vessel of water. On the other side, a bird is standing between two small palms. Blurred inscription with green glaze on the soles, probably in Gujarati or Marathi script.
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.