Pottery is a very popular craft in Pakistan. The potter at his wheel is common in every village and town. The history of pottery is very old. The potter’s wheel has been moving in the region from the time immemorial. Indeed the potter’s art is time honoured. Traditional in his art, he remains quite uninfluenced by the glamour of modern age. He skillfully shapes his utensils and vases.
Pottery in Pakistan is varied in forms. The thin clay pottery called kaghazi is produced in Bahawalpur. The elegant forms of this pottery are characteristically embellished by lattice designs in open cut work. Bahawalpur, Rawalpindi and its environs also produce colourful painted pottery, the painting being done after firing.
The unglazed pottery used in every day life is either left plain or decorated with painting before or after firing or by pressing out a design with a die before the article is completely dry. Sind is famous for painting pottery in which two colours, black and maroon, are used before firing.
The glazed pottery, which dates back to the 13th century, has obvious traces of the Persian influence and its use in architectural decoration such as mosaic and tiles is an exclusively Muslim contribution to the architecture in the region. Fine examples of such pottery are today found in Hala, Multan, Gujrat and Peshawar. The Peshawar pottery is simple in form but is successfully adapting a variety of modern designs for a number of articles of daily use. In the traditional pottery, deep and light brown, dark and light green are the popular colours.
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