Dhokra Brass Pot From Orissa - Ca 1920's Trays Remnants Of Old Blue Painted

Remnants Of Old Blue Painted Surface

almost sunburst-like composition

Blue and White Porcelain Planter This porcelain Temple Jar is decorated with Lucky Symbols

Orissa region)

This Chinese porcelain jar is also known as a rice jar

Dhokra Brass Pot From Orissa - Ca 1920's Trays Remnants Of Old Blue PaintedDokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dokras. A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India travelled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan. Dokra also spelled Dhokra is a brass or bronze casting made using the lost wax