Name/Title

Bowl

Entry/Object ID

1039

Acquisition

Accession

1891.001

Source or Donor

Anthony J. Drexel, Philadelphia

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Anthony J. Drexel

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Place

Country

India

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Diam, Height: 7x3 in

Height

3 in

Diameter

7 in

Material

Earthenware (redware)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The use of blue glaze on pottery made from Multani mitti, (a.k.a Fuller’s earth), is essentially a foreign art which was imported into India. It was first developed by the skillful Mongol artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with the decorative arts native to Persia. The technique travelled southwards to India with the batches of Muslim invaders and rulers around the 14th century.