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KASHMIR

Surahi

RCIN 11446

The surface of these bottles is incised with motifs popularly described as ‘shawl patterning’, because they feature motifs found on shawls produced in Kashmir. This patterning was popular with European visitors to India and firms such as Elkington & Co. of Birmingham began to copy and sell vessels inspired by this patterning.

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