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It belongs to a class of metalwork known as \"bidri\", and takes its name from Bidar, the city in the Deccan where the technique is thought to have originated, perhaps in the 15th century, though no object has survived that predates the late 16th century. Bidri is characteristically inlaid with silver or brass, or both, or overlaid with silver wires over a cross-hatched ground. After the craftsman has finished the decoration, he briefly covers the entire outer surface with a mud paste. When this has been removed, the natural dull grey of the alloy has changed to a deep matt black, though the exact means by which this change happens is still not known.\r\nThis basin and perforated cover was bought by the Indian Museum in London in 1867, probably from the Paris Exposition Universelle of the same year, and was probably made in about 1865. Underneath the rim of the basin is an English inscription: \"From the Purnea shop of Loodoo Lall\". Purnea, in present-day Bihar, became a centre of bidri making in the 18th century and this piece is evidence of the continuing production into the late 19th century. It was transferred to the South Kensington Museum (later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum) with other parts of the Indian Museum's collection in 1879.","physicalDescription":"Bidri, inlaid with silver. he round basin is decorated on the flat rim with a scroll bearing a variety of large flower heads between borders of broad and narrow concentric lines; this design is repeated on the sides of the body. The perforated cover has three concentric floral borders divided from each other by the same linear borders. The central section has a design of flower-heads ranged in three overlapping rows; each flower has six petals and three sepals and the size of the flowers in each row diminishes towards the central finial. The inner and outer borders are of foliate scrolls bearing identical petalled flowers. The tall finial has a leaf and flower pattern inlaid round a centralrosette on its domed surface.\r\nA silver-inlaid inscription under the rim reads: 'From the Purnea shop of Loodoo Lall'.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Loodoo Lall","id":"A15217"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"alloy","id":"AAT10902"}],"techniques":[{"text":"inlay","id":"AAT53850"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Blackened zinc alloy overlaid with silver (bidri)","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"India Museum","id":"THES286062"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2020MR0581"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES374943"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES374943"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Lid","id":""}],[{"text":"Basin","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Purnea","id":"x38946"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1865","earliest":"1860-01-01","latest":"1869-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"35","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"From the Purnea shop of Loodoo Lall","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"A silver-inlaid inscription under the rim."}],"objectHistory":"Bought by the Indian Museum in 1867, presumably from the Paris exhibition. The original cost of the basin was 40 rupees. It was transferred to South Kensington Museum in 1880.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Bidri basin and cover inlaid with silver; Purnea, c. 1865","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Stronge, Susan, Bidri ware inlaid metalwork from India, London: Victoria & Albert Museum 1985, cat. 67, p.81.\r\nISBN 0 905209 63 X\r\n\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . 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