Pottery and Ceramics

Pottery and Ceramics

The anciety town of Khurja (80 kms from Delhi), is the centre of the ceramic industry. Khurja pottery goes back 600 years when potters first moved from Delhi. They produced red pottery and later introduced blue glazes over the red clay.

The stoneware base for blue pottery is made from powdered quartz, which is then glazed blue, with the same ingredients that were used for the blue tiles found in the Mughal domes. This unique style is known as Delhi blue pottery.

The Jaipur blue pottery is equally famous and unique. It is impervious, so it is more practical for daily use. Some of this pottery is semi-transparent and mostly decorated with animals and birds motifs. These pottery items, unlike those of Delhi, are made out of Egyptian paste and fired at very low temperature. Many of these are decorative and include vases, coasters, small bowls and boxes.