1932.83.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Membrane vessel decorated in relief with a scrolling floral design [SM (Verve) 06/03/2014]

Long description

Membrane vessel decorated in relief with a scrolling floral design. The vessel has two small handles attached on either side. It is painted black and cream with the scrolling floral pattern in gold. [SM (Verve) 06/03/2014]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Rajasthan Bikaner

Person

Field collector M. Soulal

PRM source M. Soulal

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1932

Date collected

By 1932

Acquisition information

Purchased: 10/1932

Materials and processes

Material Animal Membrane, Material Pigment, Process Moulded, Process Painted

Dimensions

Depth: max 105 mm, Width: max 237 mm, Height: max 190 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1932.83.1

Associated publications

Illustrated in black and white photograph as figure 58 on plate V of ''The Tandu Industry in Northern Nigeria and its Affinities Elsewhere', by H. Balfour, in Essays Presented to C.G. Seligman, (1934), pp. 5-18. Caption (page 18) reads: 'Plate V. 58 = A very elaborately decorated kupa, with gilt floral designs in low relief, Bikanir State, Rajputana. 59 = a flask made, apparently, by moulding membranous material over a clay core, the surface is decorated with incised lines, excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie in the Ramesseum at Thebes, Egypt, in 1897, with objects ranging from the XIXth to the XXIInd dynasties.' [MJD 01/11/2011]

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