The famous “blue” pottery from Jaipur. Made from an ancient formula which apparently originated in Iran and came to Rajasthan somewhere in the early 1800′s; consists of quartz, green glass, fullers earth, borax and gum. The items are hand painted with chromium, cobalt, iron and cadmium oxides which when fired change color to give the finished pieces their brilliant greens, blues, reds and yellows. The firing and glazing is done in charcoal heated closed kiln at over 800º centigrade which melts mostly all the materials except the quartz, leaving beautifully brilliant saturated colors….
