13th Dec, 2023 13:00
Fine Asian Art Holiday Sale
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A JAIPUR BLUE POTTERY ‘GANESHA’ FLASK, INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for €390
including Buyer's Premium
Finely molded and painted in bright cobalt-blue and turquoise-green depicting Ganesha seated in lalitasana, the primary hands flat on his lap, the secondary hands holding an axe and a rope, the elephant head adorned with a tripundra surmounted by a foliate crown, his face with a calm expression.
Provenance: From the collection of Peter Millett. Peter Millett (1925-2016) was born in Karwar, Karnataka, on the west coast of India, where his father was serving in the forestry department of the British administered Indian Civil Service. His father-in-law encouraged him to take up a career in tea plantation management, and he moved with his wife and three daughters to the Pambra Estate in Kerala in 1958. There he developed a fondness for the working elephants on the estate and immersed himself in local culture. He became fluent in Tamil and after his eventual retirement in England, he started to pursue his favorite pastime, antique auctions with Indian art, a field in which he was a respected expert.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities. Some minor glaze losses and the foot with some small chips. An old repair to one of the tips of the foliate rim mouth.
Weight: 683.5 g
Dimensions: Height 30 cm
Please click here to read the full description
The vessel with a lobed mouth decorated with acanthus leaves, strap handles the neck, the foot and neck with petal borders, the short sides with scrolling flowerheads.
Blue pottery is widely recognized as a traditional craft of Jaipur. The name ‘blue pottery’ comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to color the pottery. It is one of many Eurasian types of blue and white pottery and is related in its shapes and decoration to Islamic and Chinese pottery. Jaipur blue pottery, made out of ceramic frit material similar to Egyptian faience, is glazed and low-fired. No clay is used: the ‘dough’ for the pottery is prepared by mixing quartz stone powder, powdered glass, multani mitti (Fuller’s Earth), borax, gum, and water.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related flask also depicting Ganesha, dated to the late 19th century, in the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur, accession number 8131. Compare further related flasks illustrated in Kristine Michael, ‘Earthen Jewels: Pottery Treasures from the Hendley Collection’, in Chandramani Singh (ed.), Treasures of the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur.
Finely molded and painted in bright cobalt-blue and turquoise-green depicting Ganesha seated in lalitasana, the primary hands flat on his lap, the secondary hands holding an axe and a rope, the elephant head adorned with a tripundra surmounted by a foliate crown, his face with a calm expression.
Provenance: From the collection of Peter Millett. Peter Millett (1925-2016) was born in Karwar, Karnataka, on the west coast of India, where his father was serving in the forestry department of the British administered Indian Civil Service. His father-in-law encouraged him to take up a career in tea plantation management, and he moved with his wife and three daughters to the Pambra Estate in Kerala in 1958. There he developed a fondness for the working elephants on the estate and immersed himself in local culture. He became fluent in Tamil and after his eventual retirement in England, he started to pursue his favorite pastime, antique auctions with Indian art, a field in which he was a respected expert.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities. Some minor glaze losses and the foot with some small chips. An old repair to one of the tips of the foliate rim mouth.
Weight: 683.5 g
Dimensions: Height 30 cm
Please click here to read the full description
The vessel with a lobed mouth decorated with acanthus leaves, strap handles the neck, the foot and neck with petal borders, the short sides with scrolling flowerheads.
Blue pottery is widely recognized as a traditional craft of Jaipur. The name ‘blue pottery’ comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to color the pottery. It is one of many Eurasian types of blue and white pottery and is related in its shapes and decoration to Islamic and Chinese pottery. Jaipur blue pottery, made out of ceramic frit material similar to Egyptian faience, is glazed and low-fired. No clay is used: the ‘dough’ for the pottery is prepared by mixing quartz stone powder, powdered glass, multani mitti (Fuller’s Earth), borax, gum, and water.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related flask also depicting Ganesha, dated to the late 19th century, in the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur, accession number 8131. Compare further related flasks illustrated in Kristine Michael, ‘Earthen Jewels: Pottery Treasures from the Hendley Collection’, in Chandramani Singh (ed.), Treasures of the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur.
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