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Large ceramic plate from Multan
Sindh, North India, 19thᵉ ce…
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134
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Large ceramic plate from Multan
Sindh, North India, 19thᵉ ce…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Large ceramic plate from Multan
Sindh, North India, 19thᵉ century
Terracotta painted on a reddish-brown ground with a large stylised floral bouquet with radiating stems; the marli is decorated with a frieze of geometric and circular motifs in matching tones.
Condition: restoration.
D. 61 cm (24 in.)
Provenance :
Estate of Walter Beckwith Burford (1882-1944), British India Railways engineer, acquired during his travels.
Nineteenth-century ceramics from Multan and Sind were characterised by a sober palette of ochres, browns and whites and a vigorous decorative rhythm inherited from a long tradition of local craftsmanship. These large plates were both prestigious domestic objects and exports to British colonial markets.
A large Multan pottery dish with floral decoration, Sindh, Northern India, 19th century
See original version (French)
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