Jaipur Blue pottery | Kurja Crockery

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Jaipur Blue Pottery Khurja Pottery

• A glimpse into a unique pottery style

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About Jaipur Blue Pottery

• The art of making blue glaze pottery came to
  Rajasthan via Kashmir, their entry point into
  India.
• The name comes from the eye-catching Persian blue
  dye used to color the clay.
• The Jaipur blue pottery, made out of Egyptian
  paste, is glazed and low-fired. Some of this
  pottery is semi-transparent and mostly decorated
  with animal and bird motifs. Being fired at very
  low temperature makes them fragile.
• The range of items is primarily decorative, such
  as ashtrays, vases, coasters, small bowls and
  boxes for trinkets.

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• The colour palette is restricted to blue derived
  from the cobalt oxide, green from the copper
  oxide and white, though other non-conventional
  colours, such as yellow and brown are sometimes
  included.
• The use of blue glaze on pottery made from
  Multani mitti, or Fullers earth is an imported
  technique, first developed by Mongol artisans who
  combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian
  decorative arts. This technique travelled south
  to India with early Muslim potentates in the 14th
  century. During its infancy, it was used to make
  tiles to decorate mosques, tombs and palaces in
  Central Asia.

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• Later, the Mughals began using them in India to
  mimic their structures from beyond the mountains
  in Samarkand. Gradually the blue glaze technique
  grew beyond an architectural accessory to
  Kashmiri potters. From there, the technique
  traveled to the plains of Delhi and in the 17th
  century went to Jaipur. The rulers of Jaipur were
  partial to blue-glazed ware, and many marble
  halls in Rambagh Palace have fountains lined with
  blue tiles. These tiles were also used in the
  building of the city of Jaipur, but they
  disappeared soon after.

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Khurja pottery

• Khurja pottery is traditional Indian pottery work
  that manufactured in Khurja of the Bulandshahr
  district in Uttar Pradesh state, India.
• Origin of Khurjas pottery work has been said
  with at least two different stories. In one
  legend, Afghan King Taimur Lung accompanied
  Egyptian and Syrian potters during his campaign
  in the Khurja region over 500 years ago
• In another legend, potters had been moved to the
  region during Mughal Empire while another version
  says there we no long historical events in
  accordance with pottery tradition in Khurja.
• Khurja in Bulandshaher is one of the oldest
  centers for glazed pottery in India
• These potters often call themselves as Multani
  Kumhars suggesting that their origin was Multan

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