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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 594365, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Cat. That is a gorgeous plate, and it looks like it has some age.</p><p>We would need an expert on Indian ceramics to pinpoint the style and region, but I don&#039;t know of anyone on the forum. Identification of the gentleman on the snake is easier, and I will explain that below.</p><p>First a bit about the glazed ceramics.</p><p>Glazed ceramics were originally only made in the regions that had been under Mughal rule, which is quite a chunk of the country. Gujarat is one of the states that was under Mughal rule, but by no means the only one. In much of the north, and in major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, glazed ceramics are manufactured.</p><p>Over the last century or so the custom of glazing ceramics has spread to many other parts of the country as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it will have to be the birders v the Naga fans.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The man is sitting on a cobra with multiples heads, so Vishnu.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> The cobra is a Naga, or heavenly snake (or dragon in East Asia). Whenever Vishnu needs a proper rest, he sits or lies down on a seven-headed Naga called Shesha. In this case he is surrounded by heavenly nymphs.</p><p>Shesha is closely associated with creation. When Shesha stretches out, creation follows, when he coils, creation stops for a while. So there is a link with Vishvakarma and his geese.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>In between the geese, and around the Vishnu scene, there are lotuses, symbols of spirituality and purity.</p><p>I don&#039;t think this was made as a portable shrine. Hindu portable shrines are little cabinets or miniature temples. The deities in Hindu portable shrines need to be wrapped up separately for travel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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