Blue pottery, Planters
Hand Painted Royal Cobalt Jar
- Jaipur blue pottery
- Jaipur
- Quartz
£165
A round bellied jar in deep cobalt with white flowers climbing over it. Drenched in deep, luminous cobalt, this handcrafted ceramic jar can be used for botanical displays, or pair it with contrasting textures around your home to create a dramatic display. Keep a plant in its own inner pot.
Where it lives
A standalone piece, or a centrepiece on the dining table.
Details
- Made in
- Jaipur
- Craft
- Jaipur blue pottery, hand painted
- Materials
- Quartz, glass and fuller's earth, glazed
- Care
- Keep the plant in an inner pot. Can be washed in warm soapy water, or wiped with a damp cloth. It chips if it is knocked.
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.
