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PAINTED POTTERY OF THE KACHCH OF GUJARATH
Posted Date: 21 Jan 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: SajithkumarS Member Level: Diamond
Rating:  Points: 2
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The painted pottery of the Kachch region of Gujarat is of an exceptionally me-
llow charm. Pots, jars, lamps and almost all kinds of kitchen utensils are
turned on the wheel and later hand modelled and beaten with a wooden spatula
and stone anvil. Utensils with a long or short neck, double rimmed or single
rimmed collar, inwardly or outwardly bent, and iwth concave or convex body
shapes of all kinds are created for a variety of specialised purposes. The lo-
tadi, pot, is used for milk and curd, the tapeli, pan, for cooking vegetables
and the kalasha, pot, for storing water. Red ochre, white and black are the
three standard colours used to paint composite border patterns of the chaukhat
or grid, vel or creeper, laher or wave, vichhi or scorpion and guli or flower.
Subsequent firing makes these colours, white or black on red ground, or black
and red on white, permanent and water-proof.
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