Gifts of Earth: Terracottas and Clay Sculptures of India

By:

Huyler, Stephen P

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ahmedabad Mapin Publishing 1996Description: 231ISBN:

9788185822099

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DDC classification:

CRFT HUY

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Arthshila Ahmedabad Cluster: 4D	CRFT/HUY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BK00729

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The 'gift' of clay is essential to Indian culture, past and present. Its accessibility, ease of workmanship and fragility assures its constant renewal. The importance of pottery in India is reflected in the fact that there are more working potters there - more than 350,000 - than any other country in the world. The various photographs represent the pottery and techniques used throughout India, most of these works have never before been documented.

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