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POTTERY IN NIJAMABAD & AZAMGARH
Posted Date: 21 Jan 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: SajithkumarS Member Level: Diamond
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Nizamabad in Azamgarh, Uttarpradesh, is renowned for its "black"pottery where
terracotta martabans or jars, surahis or long-necked and spouted vessels,lamps
and contaners for oil, betel leaves and even ink are imparted with a lustrous
black colour. Before firing, the pottery is washed with a slip or kabeez, a
mixture of "yellow earth (a form of fuller's earth) known as piari mitti, of
powdered mango bark and or sajji mitti, or crude carbonate of soda." The sur-
face is then burnished with mustard oil after which a sharp twig is used for
nakkashi or etching floral sprays and creepers on the surface of the unbaked
clay pot. It is then subjected to "smoke" firing which results in its charac-
teristic black shine. The grooves of the design are subsequently filled in by
hand with a fine silvery powder or bukani, a mixture of lead,zinc,and mercury
which when washed with water and polished radiates a silvery hue against the
black background of the terracotta.
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