Shiseido Cosmetics

Toppan Company Limited

1966

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Large, oval, three-lobed vase of reddish brown stoneware, covered in a red glaze flecked with black and with an overlaid black glaze in an abstract design on both sides that mimics the lobed shape of the body and includes wavy lines and dots in red, with a short, straight neck.
Ku35. The kalash is a vessel traditionally used in Hindu worship, or puja, to hold water, milk, or ghee, for pouring over a deity. This kalash is decorated in the traditional Kutch coriander motif, but superimposed on that pattern are the animal depictions that are the mark of Oomersee Mawji. Mawji, particularly among all other Indian smiths, was able to breathe life into his animals, as he showed the anguish of a mortal attack, the adrenaline rush of a hunt, or the scampering of a deer. The kalash is an example of Oomersee at his best.
Main front of the largest Buddhist temple in Japan (north), Kyoto, Underwood & Underwood Publishers, gelatin silver prints mounted on card
Tall Footed Blue-and-Whiter Butter Lamp with Lotus Motifs and "Om Mani Padme Hum" Mantra of Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)