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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 594211, member: 10171&quot;]again, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and I&#039;m about to explode:</p><p><br /></p><p>The glaze on the back is nothing like the painting (since there are paint chips not part of the terracotta and not glazed into the piece, and paint strokes go over the edges to the back) on the front.&nbsp; So the painting was &#039;added&#039; not fired into the plate.&nbsp; And it&#039;s very intricate, i.e., lot of work went into it.&nbsp; &nbsp; According to </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_in_the_Indian_subcontinent</a></p><p>&quot;glazed pottery is only practiced in part of the country&quot; </p><p>This terracotta site seems more knowledgable:</p><p><a href="https://www.craftsvilla.com/blog/terracotta-pottery-history-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.craftsvilla.com/blog/terracotta-pottery-history-art/" rel="nofollow">https://www.craftsvilla.com/blog/terracotta-pottery-history-art/</a></p><p>saying &quot;Gujarat is known for its spectacular hand-painted clay products, such as beautiful clay animals and home décor items using the potter’s wheel to perfection, painted with catchy colours and geometric patterns.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Then we have this book excerpt &quot;Hinduism and the Religious Arts&quot;&nbsp; which, in short, says, Gujarat was the only place that the kilns were hot enough to fire to temps for glazing... and so they were special, and THEN hand painted...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]177112[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]177113[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the hand painting, the unique design, the glaze, seem to point to Gujurat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beware: This might just be a &#039;wild goose&#039; chase!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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