Pottery of Bangladesh: Part One- History
Good Morning Everybody! Recently I went to buy some decorative trees for my house and found some beautiful pieces of work there called Pottery, I've captured some pictures and like to share here. Let's have a look-
I've found some history regarding the Pottery of Bangladesh at our National Newspaper.
The History of Bangladeshi Pottery:
The history of Bangladeshi pottery as an art form is an old one, dating as far back as the Mohenjodaro and Harappa civilisation. Some earthenware was found after the excavation of Mahasthangarh in Bogra (300 BC).
During the Mughal period, Rayer Bazar was famous for pottery and most of the potters were from this region. The famous "lalmati" (Red Clay) was available in this place in abundance. As a result, the potters of Rayer Bazar have a long tradition of working with red clay.
People behind this work hard for beautiful work but get less amount of money. These beautiful work can be bought with little amount of money starting from $4 only (price varies due to size and art on it).
We love to have several kind of Pottery at our home, at village people use little clay made bank to save coins and several vase for gardening all over the country. There are several kinds of vase now a days with beautiful decoration around it could be found several points at the Capital Dhaka like at University of Dhaka, Mirpur 2 and other Indore & outdoor location.
Recently I've bought this vase and put a Little Palm Tree on the top of this, beautiful decoration around it!