Blue pottery, Bowls
Blue Pottery Salad Bowl 12 inches
- Jaipur blue pottery
- Jaipur
- Quartz
£175
A deep bowl painted with a shoal of fish in cobalt on white, made for salad and happy with fruit. Jaipur blue pottery has no clay in it. The body is ground quartz and glass, shaped in a mould, painted by hand with a fine brush and fired once. It is a masterpiece in itself and can evoke curiosity, presence and a dramatic visual impact.
Where it lives
A centrepiece on the dining table, a salad bowl, or a standalone piece.
Details
- Made in
- Jaipur
- Craft
- Jaipur blue pottery, hand painted
- Materials
- Quartz, glass and fuller's earth, glazed
- Care
- Can be washed in warm soapy water, or wiped with a damp cloth. Not for the dishwasher, microwave or oven. It chips if it is knocked, so keep it away from the edge of a shelf.
How it is made
Jaipur blue pottery is made without clay. Ground quartz, glass and fuller's earth are kneaded into a dough, pressed into moulds, painted by hand in cobalt and copper oxides and fired once at a low heat. The craft came to Jaipur by way of Persia and the Mughal court, and the city has made it for a century and a half.
Hand made, so no two are identical. Small differences in the print, the dye and the finish are a record of the process and not a fault.
