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 An
art form, from Persia under the patronage of Maharaja Ram
singhji was first introduced in Rajasthan. A new art form with a
fascinating recipe of distinctive material like the ground
quartz stone. The colour schemes are also peculiar like, blue
(oxide of cobalt), Green (oxide of copper) and the external
white.
Some of the pottery is semi- translucent and lately is been
experimented with other colours such as , yellow, dark blue and
brown. The conventional floral or arabesque, hand made patterns
and the animal figure patterns are the prominent designs. The
various articles shaped out are mostly the traditional ones like
surahis or pots of different shapes and size for multiple use,
ashtray, tiles, flower pots, lamp shades, jars various
accessories or interior items are the forte of this art of
pottery. |
 An
age old craft in Rajasthan saw dust, mashed and mixed
finely with mud and clay in a semi solid paste on which the
image is sculpted and later dried and polished in colour
retaining its natural hue, they make best of decorative
items with authentic ethnicity .
Every village and community has its potters, and the pots for
everyday use along with other storing vessels , hookahs,
chillums, coin-banks ,pickle jars,etc...Places where they
made are:
Alwar: for paper thin kagji pottery.
Bikaner: known for its painted pottery tinted with lac
colours.
Jaisalmer: stone wares
Molela (near Udaipur): wall plaques generally depicting
the images of Heroes or the religious ones.
Pokaran: the potters make tiny bells with clay that
resound like their bellmetal counterparts. |
