Name/Title

Vase

Entry/Object ID

61

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

State/Province

Sindh

Country

Pakistan

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Diameter

13 in

Height

19.05 cm

Diameter

33.02 cm

Material

Earthenware (redware), slip

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The representation of Buddha on this vase is unique — while the Sindh region was once overwhelmingly Buddhist, Buddhism was a small minority in Sindh as early as the 1800s. The yellow and black decoration also sets this vase apart from the popular colors of blue, turquoise and white throughout most of the Middle East.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

While the Sindh region was once overwhelmingly Buddhist in antiquity, Buddhism remained a small minority in Sindh until the early the 1800s. The yellow and black decoration also sets this vase apart from the popular colors of blue, turquoise and white characteristic of the Islamic ceramic production throughout the Middle East.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The representation of Buddha on a piece of 19 th century Pakistani art is unique in that, while the Sindh region was once overwhelmingly Buddhist, Buddhism is a small minority in Sindh even in the 1800’s.